Section 70: No burial without death certificate

70. No burial without death certificate (1) No permit for burial shall be issued by a Civil Status Officer to whom the declaration is made of any death which has occurred in any district, town or area proclaimed under section 69, until a certificate signed by a medical practitioner stating the cause or probable cause of death, has been deposited by the witnesses declaring the death with the Civil Status Officer. (2) Where he has reason to suspect that the death was caused by an infectious or communicable disease, the Sanitary Authority, or the medical officer appointed under section 69, may order that the burial be delayed for not more than 24 hours from the time of the order, for purposes of inquiry and examination of the dead body.