Section 13
of Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Act
ActRepealedProvision 13 of 99
Section 13
(2)
The body when taken out from such hospital, place or station shall be forthwith taken direct to the place where it is to be buried or burnt and there buried or burnt.
(3)
Any person who wilfully offends against this section shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $200.
(4)
Nothing in this section shall prevent the removal of a dead body from a hospital, reception place, or quarantine station to a mortuary, and such mortuary shall for the purposes of this section be deemed part of such hospital, place or station.
Post mortem examination in cases where infectious disease is suspected.