Volume 64
Public Law 81–985
To amend sections 675 and 676 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, regulating the disposal of dead human bodies in the District of Columbia.
Approved September 22, 1950
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend sections 675 and 676 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901, regulating the disposal of dead human bodies in the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That sections 675, 675 (a), and 676 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat.
D. C. Code, Sup. VII, §§ 27–118, 27–118a, 27–119.
1296), as amended, are hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor:
“Secs. 675 and 676.
It shall be unlawful to remove, transport, inter, disinter, or otherwise dispose of the dead body, or any part thereof, of any human being, except upon a permit, duly issued by the Health Officer of the District of Columbia, or such other person or persons as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall designate, upon such terms and conditions as the Commissioners may specify. Any violation hereof shall be subject to the penalties contained in
D. C. Code § 127–126.
Effective date.
section 684 of this subchapter.”
Sec. 2.
This Act shall take effect sixty days after enactment.
Approved September 22, 1950.