[1458-19.] 

SECTION 907 : Time Within which Body shall be Buried.  — Except when required for the purpose of legal investigation or when specially authorized by local health authorities, no unembalmed body shall remain unburied longer than forty-eight hours after death; and after the lapse of such period the permit for burial, interment, or cremation of any such body shall be void and a new permit must be obtained. 

When it has been certified or is known that any person died of, or with a dangerous communicable disease, the body of such person shall be buried within twelve hours after death, unless otherwise directed by the local board of health, or other health autho rity. 

[1458-20.] 

SECTION 908 . Permit for Conveyance of Body to Sea for Burial. — Where death is not due to a dangerous communicable disease a special permit may, upon written request, be issued, by the officer authorized to issue burial permits, for the conveyance of a dea d body to sea for burial. In such cases the body must be transported in the manner prescribed by the municipal board of health, if such there be, and the marine laws governing burials at sea must be complied with. 

[1458-21.] 

SECTION 909 . Disposition of Body and Belongings of Person Dying of Dangerous Communicable Disease. — The body of any person dead of a dangerous communicable disease shall not be carried from place to place, except for the purpose of burial or cremation. It  shall be the duty of the local health authorities to cause such body to be thoroughly disinfected before being prepared for burial and the house, furniture, wearing apparel, and everything capable of conveying or spreading infection shall also be disinfec ted or destroyed by fire. The local health authority, if there be any, subject to the approval of the Director of Health, shall, consistently with the provisions hereof, prescribe the conditions under which the bodies of persons dying of a dangerous commun icable disease shall be buried or cremated. 

[1458-22.] 

SECTION 910 . Permit to Disinter After Three Years — Treatment of Remains. — Permission to disinter the bodies or remains of persons who have died of other than dangerous communicable diseases, may be granted after such bodies have been buried for a period of three years; and in special cases the Director of 

