Section 72: Concealment of dead body

72. Concealment of dead body (1) Any person who conceals, privately buries or disposes of the body of a person killed, or who has died from the effects of any blow or wound, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (2) Any person who, at the time of making a declaration of death, knowingly fails to disclose that a death has occurred by violence or in suspicious circumstances shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 5,000 rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months. [S. 72 amended by Act 5 of 1999.]