The Burma Municipal Act, 1884, 17 of 1884, (Rep., Act 13 of 1898) · VII — .

Section 129. Keeping corpses or carrying corpses by prohibited routes or so as to cause annoyance

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

129. Keeping corpses or carrying corpses by prohibited routes or so as to cause annoyance. 130. Destroying direction-posts, lamp-posts, &c. 131. Penalty for disobedience to orders of committee under last chapter. 132. Prosecution to be suspended in certain cases. CHAPTER VIII. CONTROL. 133. Control by Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner. 134. Power to suspend action under Act. 135. Extraordinary powers of Deputy Commissioner in case of emergency. 136. Powers of Local Government in case of default of committee. 137. Power 1884.] Burma Municipalities. 179 SECTIONS. 129. Whoever, without the permission of the committee, keeps a corpse or causes it to be kept in or on any building or land when seventy-two hours after death have elapsed, or carries a corpse along a route prohibited by the committee or in a manner likely to cause annoyance to the public, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to ten rupees.

Source: India Code