Code of Police Laws (Cap. 10), article 143

143. (1) No dead body shall be buried before the lapse of twenty-four hours of the death, in ordinary cases, or of forty- eight hours in cases of sudden death; and it shall not be lawful duri ng such time, to place the dead body in such position as to preven t any possible manifestation of life or the necessary assistance in c ase of any such manifestation. (2) Nevertheless, the sanitary a uthority may permit the burial before the lapse of the said time on the certificate of a medic al practitioner, that there are signs of putrefaction, or other circumstances excluding all doubt as to the death of the person . Burial in prohibited places. Amended by: VIII.1874.1; XV .1920.16; XLII.1974.2.