Grave-diggers, licence

(1) No person shall discharge the office of a gravedigger or other attendant at a public place for the disposal of the dead other than a place provided by the Government unless he has been licensed in that behalf by the Commissioner.

1. (2) The council may, after giving the holder of the licence an opportunity of showing cause, withdraw or cancel the licence. CHAPTER – XVI CATTLE-POUNDS ** 405. Cattle-trespass Act to cease to apply to municipalities. – The provisions of the Cattle-trespass Act, 1871 (Central Act 1 of 1871) (hereinafter in this section referred to as the said Act) shall cease to apply in relation to the municipalities to which this Act applies. Provided that:
   • (a) nothing in this section shall affect the liability of any person to any penalty under the said Act.
   • (b) any appointment, notification, order, rule made or issued or deemed to be made or issued under the said Act in respect of any cattle-pounds within the limits of any municipalities shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been made or issued under this Act, and continue in force until superseded by any appointment, notification, order or rule made or issued under this Act;
   • (c) any cattle-pound in this local area established or deemed to be established under the said Act shall be deemed to be vested in the council within whose limits it is situated and shall be maintained and managed by the council in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Explanation. – For the purposes of this Chapter, “cattle” means and includes bulls, bullocks, heifers, cows and their young, elephants, camels, buffaloes, horses, mares, geldings, ponies, colts, fillies, mules, asses, swine, sheep, rams, lambs, goats and kids. The section came into force on the 26th day of January, 1976 vide Extraordinary Gazette No. 11 dated 19th January, 1974. ** The section came into force on the 1st day of August, 1976 vide Extraordinary Gazette