Section 20
of Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Act
ActRepealedProvision 20 of 99
Section 20
Any person who deposits or causes to be deposited the corpse of any person who has died whilst suffering from any infectious disease, in any public or private place other than a grave in which it may be lawfully buried or a crematorium in which it may be lawfully burned, shall be guilty of an offence:
Penalty, a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.
Precautions with regard to children suffering from infectious disease.