section 398
Register of registered, licenced and provided places and prohibition of use of other places.- (1) A book shall be kept
The Puducherry Municipalities Act, 1973Infrastructure1973318 of 312 sections available1 chapters
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- (2) Notice that such place has been registered, licenced or provided as aforesaid shall be affixed in English and in regional language to some conspicuous place at or near the entrance to the burial or burning ground or other place as aforesaid.
- (3) No person shall bury, burn or otherwise dispose of any corpse except in a place which has been registered, licenced or provided, as aforesaid.
- • 399. Report of burials and burnings.- The person having control of a place for disposing of the dead shall give information of every burial, burning or other disposal of a corpse at such place to any person appointed by the Commissioner in that behalf.
- • 400. Prohibition against use of burial and burning grounds dangerous to health or over-crowded with graves.- (1) If the council is satisfied ---
- (a) that any registered or licenced place for the disposal of the dead is in such a state or situation as to be, or likely to become, dangerous to the health of persons living in the neighbourhood thereof, or
- (b) that any burial ground is over-crowded with graves and if in the case of a public burial or burning ground or other place as aforesaid another convenient place duly authorised for the disposal of the dead exists or has been provided for the persons who would ordinarily make use of such place, The section came into force on the 1st day of August, 1976 vide Extraordinary Gazette No. 342 dated 29th July 1976. it may, with the previous sanction of the Government, give notice that it shall not be lawful after a period to be specified in such notice to bury, burn or otherwise dispose of any corpse at such place.
- (2) Every notice given under sub-section (1) shall be published in the Official Gazette and by beat of drum.
- (3) After the expiry of the period specified in such notice it shall not be lawful to bury, burn or otherwise dispose of a corpse at such place.
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