Section 2

No place shall, save as hereinafter in this section provided, be used for the interment or cremation of any corpse except under a licence from His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council who shall'have power at his discretion from time to time to grant or refuse such licences and to impose such conditions as he may think fit.

The Minister may for special reasons in any par-ticular case by writing under his hand authorise the inter-ment of the corpse of any person in such writing named in any building or place, whether licensed or not under subsec-tion (1), under such conditions as he thinks necessary for the protection of the public health and upon payment of such fee not exceeding $50 as he may consider reasonable in each case.