Any person who shall sell or buy any dead human body or bodies or in any way traffic therein or transmit or convey, or procure the transmission or conveyance of any dead human body or bodies to any place outside of this state for purposes of sale or dissection, shall be punished by imprisonment and labor in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years; provided, however, that the board for the distribution and delivery of dead bodies shall be empowered to make payments to next of kin as burial benefits amounts not exceeding those payable from time to time by the Social Security Administration.
(Ga. L. 1887, p. 87, § 6; Penal Code 1895, § 414; Penal Code 1910, § 407; Code 1933, § 88-9918; Code 1933, § 88-2709, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 589, § 1.)
Cross references.- Funeral directors and establishments, embalmers, and crematories, T. 43, C. 18.
Anatomical gifts, T. 44, C. 5, A. 6.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Dead Bodies, §§ 38, 42, 81, 92.
C.J.S.- 25A C.J.S., Dead Bodies, §§ 30 et seq., 67 et seq.
ALR.- Construction and application of graverobbing statutes, 52 A.L.R.3d 701.
Validity, construction, and application of statutes making it a criminal offense to mistreat or wrongfully dispose of dead body, 81 A.L.R.3d 1071.