(a) Whoever for himself or as an agent, officer or employee of any other person, or of any corporation or partnership, or other association of any character—
(1) inters, cremates, or otherwise finally disposes of the dead body of a human being, or permits the same to be done, or removes such body from the registration district in which the death occurred or the body was found, without authority of a burial or removal permit issued by the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred or in which the body was found; or
(2) refuses or fails to furnish correctly any information in his possession or furnishes false information affecting any certificate or record required by law; or
(3) willfully alters otherwise than is provided by section 804 of this title, or falsifies any certificate of birth, foetal death or death, or any record established by this chapter; or
(4) being required in accordance with this chapter to fill out a certificate of birth, foetal death or death and file the same with the local registrar, or deliver it upon request to any person charged with the duty of filing the same, fails, neglects, or refuses to perform such duty in the manner required by this chapter; or
(5) being a local registrar or deputy local registrar fails, neglects, or refuses to perform his duty as required by this chapter, and by the instructions and directions of the Commissioner issued as provided in this chapter—
shall for the first offense, be fined not less than $5 nor more than $50; and, for each subsequent offense, not less than $10 nor more than $100, or be imprisoned not more than 60 days, or be both fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court.(b) Compliance with this chapter shall constitute a condition in the granting of licenses to physicians, midwives and embalmers, and any violation of this chapter by such persons shall be considered cause for revoking licenses.