Sec. 53-334. Unlawful disinterment. - Connecticut Statutes

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      Sec. 53-334. Unlawful disinterment. Any person who opens the grave or tomb where any corpse has been deposited, or removes any corpse from its place of sepulture, without the consent of the husband or wife or the near relatives of the deceased, or receives, conceals or secretes any corpse so removed, or assists in any surgical or anatomical experiments or demonstrations therewith or dissection thereof, knowing it to have been so removed, except as provided in section 19a-413, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years.

      (1949 Rev., S. 8635; 1969, P.A. 699, S. 30.)

      History: 1969 act added exception re Sec. 19-537.

      See Sec. 54-50 re reward for information regarding unlawful disinterment of corpse.

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Statutes > Connecticut > Title53 > Chap946 > Sec53-334

      Sec. 53-334. Unlawful disinterment. Any person who opens the grave or tomb where any corpse has been deposited, or removes any corpse from its place of sepulture, without the consent of the husband or wife or the near relatives of the deceased, or receives, conceals or secretes any corpse so removed, or assists in any surgical or anatomical experiments or demonstrations therewith or dissection thereof, knowing it to have been so removed, except as provided in section 19a-413, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years.

      (1949 Rev., S. 8635; 1969, P.A. 699, S. 30.)

      History: 1969 act added exception re Sec. 19-537.

      See Sec. 54-50 re reward for information regarding unlawful disinterment of corpse.

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      Sec. 53-334. Unlawful disinterment. Any person who opens the grave or tomb where any corpse has been deposited, or removes any corpse from its place of sepulture, without the consent of the husband or wife or the near relatives of the deceased, or receives, conceals or secretes any corpse so removed, or assists in any surgical or anatomical experiments or demonstrations therewith or dissection thereof, knowing it to have been so removed, except as provided in section 19a-413, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years.

      (1949 Rev., S. 8635; 1969, P.A. 699, S. 30.)

      History: 1969 act added exception re Sec. 19-537.

      See Sec. 54-50 re reward for information regarding unlawful disinterment of corpse.