Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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CEMETERIES ACT - SECT 19

Officers may forbid cremation

The Solicitor for the Northern Territory, the Director of Public Prosecutions, a Justice of the Peace or a police officer, having reasonable cause for so doing, may, by notice in writing affixed to the door of a crematorium and by notice served on the person supervising the operations of the crematorium:

        (a)     forbid the cremation of the body of a deceased person; and

        (b)     order the removal of the body to such custody as the person giving the notice sees fit.



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