At the request of the person entitled to provide for the funeral and when the body of the deceased has been placed, in order to ensure its transport, in a coffin made of a material presenting an obstacle to cremation, an authorisation to transfer the body to a suitable coffin may be issued by the mayor.
This authorisation may only be issued with a view to cremation of the body, which takes place immediately after the coffin has been changed, and on condition that the deceased has not been affected by one of the transmissible infections that prescribe or prohibit certain funeral operations, the list of which is laid down by regulation.
A decree of the Council of State specifies the conditions for the transfer of the body to a suitable coffin.
A decree in the Council of State shall specify the conditions of application of this article.