Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Dead body

182 Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who

• (a) neglects, without lawful excuse, to perform any duty that is imposed on him by law or that he undertakes with reference to the burial of a dead human body or human remains, or

• (b) improperly or indecently interferes with or offers any indignity to a dead human body or human remains, whether buried or not.