Duty of police and other officers to assist in obtaining possession of unclaimed bodies

All officers of the Departments of Police and Public Health and all officers in the employ of a local authority and all village officers shall be bound to take all reasonable measures to assist any authority or officer authorized under this Act to obtain the possession of an unclaimed body. The authorised officer shall make arrangement for the preservation of unclaimed dead bodies in a mortuary cooler so as to preserve it from decay until— (a) a decision has been taken under Section 3 of the Act; or (b) it is handed over to his relative, friend or servant; or (c) it is handed over to a medical institution for anatomical examination or dissection.