CRIMINAL CODE ACT

Section 246: Burials in houses

2004Section 246 of 575Federal Republic of Nigeria

Any person who without the consent of the President or the Governor buries or
attempts to bury any corpse in any house, building premises, yard, garden, compound,
or within a hundred yards of any dwelling‐house, or in any open space situated within
a township, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable to imprisonment for six months.
[L.N. 112 of 1964. 1967 No. 27.]

Cite this section

Section 246, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/246/