Legal Document

National Health Act Regulations Relating to the Management of Human Remains

Author
Republic of South Africa
Publication Year
2013
Region
Africa
Thematic Area
Families / Forensics / Law & Policies
Topic
Criminal Justice / DNA Analysis / Identification / Law – National / Management of the Dead / Recovery of remains / Excavation / Exhumation
Access
Open access

To provide for the regulation of Funeral Undertaker’s premises and Mortuaries; For regulating the transportation, importation and exportation of human remains; For regulating the disposal of human remains by cremation; for regulating the conditions under which exhumation and reburial of human remains may occur.