State Act

Rajasthan Honour of Dead Body Act, 2023

2. Definitions.- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act No. 2 of 1974); (b) “dead body” means the body of a dead human being; (c) “District Superintendent of Police” means the police officer in charge of a Police District and includes Deputy Commissioner of Police in a Metropolitan Area; (d) “family members” means any members who is related to deceased by consanguinity, marriage or through a relationship in the nature of marriage, adoption or any family member living together as joint family; (e) “last rites” means the disposal of dead body as per the tradition or custom of the community or religion to which the deceased belonged; (f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) “Public Authority” means an authority as may be prescribed by the State Government, from time to time, for performing the last rites of the dead body; (h) “remonstration” means raising demands or baiting for pursuing any demands to prevent the last rites of a dead body by way of any protest, disobedience, agitation, provocation etc.; (i) “rules” means the rules made under this Act; and (j) “State” means the State of Rajasthan. (2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act No. 2 of 1974), Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act No. 45 of 1860), The Rajasthan Police Act, 2007 (Act No. 14 of 2007) and The Rajasthan Anatomy Act, 1986 (Act No. 12 of 1986) shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in those Codes/Acts.