Section 30
of Native Courts Native Customary Laws Rules 1995
Section 30
(1)
Any person who, without reasonable excuse or permission from the family or next of kin of the deceased person, buries such deceased person commits a breach of native customary law and shall be liable -
(i)
(a)
to pay to such aggrieved party as the Court may determine sogit of 1 fowl and 1 gong or other things of equivalent value in accordance with adat fine; and
(b)
to a fine not exceeding 100 ringgit; or
(ii)
in default thereof -
(a)
to a fine not exceeding 200 ringgit; or
(b)
to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 weeks; or
(c)
to both fine and imprisonment.
(2)
No person shall commit a breach under this rule if -
(a)
reasonable steps have been taken to communicate with or to inform the family or next of kin of the deceased person regarding such death; or
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(b)
the family or next of kin does not respond to the information or notification in respect of such death; or
(c)
the deceased person has suffered sudden death in any place which any member of the public or person present at the time of death would, in the circumstances, have been equally obligated to assist the deceased person and to inform the family or next of kin of the death of such deceased person.
Death in house of another.