Section 285. Power in respect of burial and burning grounds

285. (1) The Municipality may, by public notice, order a burial or burning ground which is certified by the civil surgeon or health officer to be dangerous, or likely to be dangerous, to the health of persons living in the neighborhood to be closed from a date to be specified in the notice, and shall in such case, if no suitable place for burial or burning exists within a reasonable distance, provide a fitting place for the purpose. (2) Private burial places in such burial grounds may be excepted from the notice, subject to such conditions as the Municipality may impose in this behalf. Provided that the limits of such burial places are sufficiently defined, and that they shall only be used for the burial of members of the family of the owners thereof. (3) No burial or burning ground, whether public or private, shall be made or formed without the permission in writing of the Municipality. (4) No person shall, except with the permission of the Municipality in writing, bury or burn, or cause to be buried or burnt, a corpse in a place other than a recognized burial or burning ground. (5) Should a person bury or burn, or cause or permit to be buried or burnt, a corpse contrary to the provisions of this section he shall be liable upon conviction to a fine which may extend to 1"five hundred" rupees.