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BURIAL


55. (1) Where an inmate dies in a correctional centre and a relative of the inmate or the executor of the deceased's estate claims the body for burial, the director shall release the body to that person subject to section 54.
    (2) Where an inmate dies in a correctional centre and no relative or executor claims the body for burial, the director shall, in consultation with a chaplain, take appropriate steps to have the body interred in a local cemetery.