81C

Misconduct with regard to corpses

In force

Any person who—

(a)

indecently interferes with any dead human body, or

(b)

improperly interferes with, or offers any indignity to, any dead human body or human remains (whether buried or not),

is liable to—

(a)

for an offence against paragraph (a)—imprisonment for 3 years, or

(b)

for an offence against paragraph (b)—imprisonment for 2 years.

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