Cap. 36 Art. 36Prohibiting retention of dead bodies in certain cases.

(1) No person, without the sanction in writing of a government medical officer, shall retain unburied elsewhere than in a room not used at the time as a dwelling-place, sleeping-place or workroom, for more than twenty-four hours, the body of any person who has died from a disease: Provided that nothing contained in this article shall prevent the removal of such body to a mortuary where such removal becomes necessary under any provisions of the law.

(2) If any person shall die in any hospital or other place provisionally provided for the treatment of persons suffering from a disease, and any of the medical officers mentioned in article 16 certifies that in his opinion it is desirable, in order to prevent the risk of communicating such disease or of spreading infection, that such body shall not be removed from such hospital or place except for the purpose of being forthwith buried, it shall not be lawful for any person to remove such body except for such purpose: Provided that nothing in this article contained shall prevent the removal of any dead body from any such hospital to any mortuary, and such mortuary shall, for the purpose of this article be deemed part of such hospital as aforesaid.