(1)

No person shall, without the written permission of the Commissioner under sub-section (2)-

(a) make any vault or grave or internment within any wall, or underneath any passage, porch, portico, plinth or verandah of any place of worship;

(b) make any internment or otherwise dispose of any corpse in any place which is closed for the disposal of the dead under section 438;

(c) build, dig, or cause to be built or dug, any grave, or vault, or in any way dispose of, or suffer or permit to be disposed of, any corpse at any place which is not registered in the register kept under section 435;

(d) exhume any body except under the provisions of section 176 of [The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973] [These words and figures were substituted for the words and figures 'the Code of Criminal Procedure 1882' by Maharashtra 21 of 1989, Section 50(a).], or of any other law for the time being in force, from any place for the disposal of the dead.

(2)

The Commissioner may in special cases grant permission for any of the purposes aforesaid, subject to such general or special order as the [ [State] [The words 'Provincial Government' were substituted for the words 'Government in Council' by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council.] Government] may from time to time make in this behalf.

(3)

An offence against this section shall be deemed to be a cognizable offence within the meaning of sections, 149, 150 and 151 of [the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.] [These words and figures were substituted for the words and figures 'the Code of Criminal Procedure 1882' by Maharashtra 21 of 1989, Section 50(b).]