Section 250

(1) No person shall - (a) retain a corpse in any premises without burning or burying it, or otherwise lawfully disposing of it, for so long a time after death as may create a nuisance, (b) carry a corpse, or any part of a corpse, along any street without having or keeping such corpse or part of such corpse decently covered, or without taking such precautions to prevent risk of infection or injury to the community health as the Chief Municipal Officer may, by a notice in writing, from time to time, require, (c) carry a corpse or part of a corpse along any street on which the carrying of corpse is prohibited by a notice, in writing, issued by the Chief Municipal Officer in this behalf, except when no other route is available, (d) remove a corpse or part of a corpse, which has been kept or used for the purpose of dissection, otherwise than in a closed receptacle or vehicle, (e) place or leave a corpse or part of a corpse, during its conveyance, on or near any street without urgent necessity, (f) bury, or cause to be buried, any corpse or part of a corpse in the grave, or vault, or otherwise, in such manner as may cause the surface of the coffin or, when no coffin is used, of the corpse or part of the corpse to be at a depth of less than two metres from the surface of the ground, (g) build, dig, or cause to be built or dug, any grave or vault in any burial ground at a distance of less than one-half of a metre from the margin of any other grave or vault, (h) build or dig, or cause to be built or dug, a grave or vault in any burial ground at any place not marked out by or under the order of the Chief Municipal Officer for such purpose, (i) reopen for the interment of a corpse or any part of a corpse a grave or vault already occupied, without the permission, in writing, of the Chief Municipal Officer, (j) make, without the permission of the Chief Municipal Officer, any vault or grave for interment within any wall, or underneath any passage, porch, portico, plinth, or verandah, of any place of worship, (k) build, dig, or cause to be built or dug, any grave or vault, or, in any way, dispose of, or suffer or permit to be disposed of, any corpse at any place, which is not permitted under this chapter, without the permission of the Chief Municipal Officer, and (l) exhume, without the permission of the Chief Municipal Officer, any body from any place for the disposal of the dead except under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or any other law for the time being in force. 2 of 1974. (2) The Chief Municipal Officer may, in special cases, grant permission for any of the purposes referred to in clauses (j) to (l) of sub-section (1), subject to such general or special order as the State Government may, from time to time, make in this behalf. (3) Any contravention of the provisions of clauses (j) to (l) of sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a cognizable offence within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. 2 of 1974.