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Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Act · s 20

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s 20Penalty for depositing corpse in public or private place

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.