48(1)Subject to subsection (2) and any other Act, a common carrier transporting or carrying, or accepting through its agents or employees for transportation or carriage the body of a deceased person without the burial permit issued by the Registrar General under this Act, commits an offence.

48(2)If a death occurred outside the Province and the body is accompanied by a burial permit issued in accordance with the law in force where the death occurred, the burial permit shall be deemed sufficient to authorize the transportation or carriage of the body into or through the Province.