309. Carriage of dead bodies by railway to post-mortem centres without prepayment of fees.
- On the East Indian, Bengal-Nagpur and Bengal and Assam Railway accommodation for the carriage of dead bodies to post-mortem centres is provided, without prepayment of fees, on requisition to the station-master of the nearest railway-station by an officer not below the rank of an officer-in-charge of a police station or, in his absence, by the senior police officer present at the police station.The freight of a dead body shall be paid later by the District Magistrate on receipt of a bill from the station-master from whose station the body was despatched. The requisition to the station-master should be made in B.P. Form No. 51 which officers-in-charge of police stations should keep in stock for use when occasion arises.
