§ 22-3303. Grave robbery; buying or selling dead bodies.

Current through October 23, 2012

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.

                
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(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1334, ch. 854, § 891.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 22-3103.

1973 Ed., § 22-3103.