In order to ensure that the police measures prescribed by the laws and regulations are carried out, the operations of closing and sealing the coffin when cremation takes place are carried out:
– in communes with a State police system, under the responsibility of the chief of district, in the presence of a police officer delegated by him;
– in other communes, under the responsibility of the mayor, in the presence of the rural warden or a municipal police officer delegated by the mayor.
When the body is transported outside the commune of death or of deposit, the operations of closing and sealing the coffin are carried out under the responsibility of the funeral operator, in the presence of a member of the family. Failing this, they are carried out under the same conditions as in the second and third paragraphs.
The officials mentioned in the second and third paragraphs may attend, as necessary, any other operation following the death.