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Criminal Code Act 1924
167Unlawful destruction of human remains
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167 Unlawful destruction of human remains
Any person who wilfully and unlawfully burns or cremates, or otherwise destroys, any human remains, or renders the same incapable of identification, is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Unlawfully destroying human remains [or unlawfully rendering human remains incapable of identification].