Power to make rules prohibiting disposal of the dead except at places set apart.

(1) A competent authority may from time to time, make rules prohibiting the disposal of the dead, whether by cremation, burial or otherwise at places other than those set apart for such purpose:

Provided that no such rules shall be made in respect of any such town or place in which places have not been so set apart:

Provided further that the competent authority or any officer authorized by it in this behalf may, in its or his discretion on an application made to it or him by any person, grant to such person permission to dispose of the corpse of any deceased person at any place other than a place so set apart, if in its or his opinion such disposal is not likely to cause obstruction to traffic or disturbance of the public peace or is not objectionable for any other reason.

(2) Any rules made under sub-section (1) shall specify the places set apart for the disposal of the dead of different communities or sections of communities.

(3) All such rules shall be subject to the condition of previous publication and the date to be specified under Cl. (c) or Sec. 24 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 (Bom. I of 1904), shall not be earlier than two months from the date on which the draft of the proposed rules is published.

Explanation. For the purposes of this section, a place set apart for the disposal of the dead means a place set apart for such purpose under any custom, usage or law for the time being in force.