State Act

Jharkhand Municipal Act 2011

479. Sextons etc., not to bury etc., corpse. A sexton or a keeper of a registered burial or burning ground or other place for disposal of the dead, whether situated in municipal area or not, shall not bury, burn or otherwise dispose of, or allow to be buried, burnt or otherwise disposed of, any corpse unless such corpse is accompanied by a certificate in such form as may be prescribed, and signed by a Registrar appointed under section 468 or by a registered medical practitioner or any other medical practitioner authorized by the State Government in this behalf.