(1)If a person dies in a hospital or in a prison and his body is not claimed by any person or any police officer shall, with the least practicable delay report the fact to the authorized officer and the said officer shall take possession of the unclaimed body and except in the case referred to in sub-section (3), hand it over to the authority in change of an approved institution, if it is required by that authority, for the purpose of conduction anatomical examination and dissection or other similar purpose.
