Whoever, without legal authority or without the consent of the nearest surviving relative, shall disturb or remove any dead body from a grave for the purpose of dissecting, or of buying, selling, or in any way trafficking in the same, shall be imprisoned not less than 1 year nor more than 3 years.
CREDIT(S)
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1334, ch. 854, § 891.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 22-3103.
1973 Ed., § 22-3103.