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Delivery of body

Prison Rules, r. 35 · Revised Edition 2020

Whenever the relations of a prisoner who has died in prison of natural causes are desirous of having the body of such prisoner delivered to them for burial, they shall apply to the Superintendent, who, after ascertaining from the Prison Medical Officer that delivering the body would not be injurious to public health, may deliver up the body and it shall be taken away from the prison in a decent manner.
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Delivery of body — Cap. 139s02 s. 35 · Belize Law