Chapter XIII DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD

If it appears to the commissioner that there is no owner or person having the control of any place used for burying, burning, or otherwise disposing of the dead, he shall assume such control and register such place or may, with the sanction of the council, close it.

1. (1) No new place for the disposal of the dead, whether public or private, shall be opened, formed, constructed, or used unless a licence has been obtained from the commissioner on application.
2. (2) Such application for a licence shall be accompanied by a plan of the place to be registered, showing the locality, boundary, and extent thereof, the name of

Register of registered, licensed and provided places and prohibition of use of other places.

Report of burials and burnings.

Prohibition against making of vault or grave in place of worship.

Prohibition against use of burial and burning grounds dangerous to health or overcrowded with graves.

No person shall--

1. (a) bury or cause to be buried any corpse or part thereof in a grave whether dug or constructed of masonry or otherwise in such manner that the surface of the coffin or the surface of the body where no coffin is used, is at a less depth than 1.5 metres from the surface of the ground; or
2. (b) build or dig or cause to be built or dug any grave in any burial-ground at a less distance than 0.6 metre from the margin of any other existing grave; or
3. (c) without the sanction in writing of the commissioner or an order in writing of a magistrate, reopen a grave already occupied; or
4. (d) convey or cause to be conveyed a corpse or part thereof to any burial or burning ground, and not cause the burial or burning of the same to commence, within six hours after its arrival at such place; or
5. (e) when burning or causing to be burnt a corpse or part thereof permit the same or any part thereof or its clothing to remain without being completely reduced to ashes; or
6. (f) carry through any street a corpse or part thereof not decently covered; or
7. (g) while carrying a corpse or part thereof within the City leave the same in or near any street for any purpose whatever; or
8. (h) remove, otherwise than in a closed receptacle, any corpse or part thereof kept or used for the purpose of dissection.

The owner of, or other person having control over, any private burial ground shall fence and maintain the same properly to the satisfaction of the commissioner.

No person shall discharge the office of a grave-digger 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 licenced in that behalf by the commissioner. The commissioner may, after giving the holder of the licence an opportunity of showing cause, withdraw or cancel the licence.