Section 27

In every case of death from a notifiable disease it shall be the duty of the occupier of the premises in which the death has occurred immediately to notify the Health

Officer.

It shall be an offence for the occupier of any premises to keep any dead body in any room in which food is kept, prepared or eaten, or to keep any dead body for more than twenty-four hours in any room in which any person lives, sleeps or works, or to keep the body of any person who is known to have died of a notifiable disease in any place other than a mortuary or other place set aside for the keeping of dead bodies without first obtaining the sanction of the Health Officer.

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Where any person dies of a notifiable disease, it shall be an offence to remove the body except to a mortuary or for the purposes of immediate burial, unless with the sanction of the Health Officer, and it shall be the duty of any person who removes the body to take it direct to the mortuary or to the place of internment for burial unless the Health Officer shall otherwise direct.

Disposal of bodies of persons dying of notifiable disease.