section 2
Definitions
The Haryana Honourable Disposal of Dead Body Act, 2025General202518 sections
Statutory text
- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
- (a) “dead body” means the body of a dead human being refused to be taken by any family member for last rites or after taking is used for the purpose of remonstration;
- (b) “family member” includes father, mother, wife, brother, son, daughter or any person who is related to the deceased by marriage or adoption or any family member living together in a joint family;
- (c) “genetic data” means personal data related to inherited or acquired genetic characteristics of a dead body acquired through analysis of DNA or RNA;
- (d) “Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department;
- (e) “last rites” means the disposal of dead body as per the tradition or custom of the community or religion to which the deceased belonged;
- (f) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
- (g) “remonstration” means raising demands or baiting for pursuing any demands by way of any protest, disobedience or agitation to prevent the last rites of a dead body;
- (h) “State” means the State of Haryana.
- (2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act 46 of 2023), the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act 45 of 2023), the Haryana Police Act, 2007 (25 of 2008) and the Haryana Anatomy Act, 1974 (24 of 1974) shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Sanhita or Act.
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