Exhumations
83 Exhumations
If a local government has not made a local law about authorising the exhumation of human remains from trust land for cemetery purposes, the Minister, on the written application of a person, may give written approval to the exhumation of the human remains.
A person improperly deals with human remains under the Criminal Code, section 236 if the person exhumes human remains from trust land for cemetery purposes other than under—
an approval of the Minister; or
a local law or another Act.
To avoid any doubt, it is declared that in this section—exhume includes take out of a place of interment, whether above or below ground.
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