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Article L2213-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The mayor’s police powers cover the method of transporting deceased persons, the maintenance of order and decency in cemeteries, burials and exhumations, without it being permissible to make distinctions or lay down particular requirements on account of the beliefs or religion of the deceased or the circumstances that accompanied their death.

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Article L2213-9

Sont soumis au pouvoir de police du maire le mode de transport des personnes décédées, le maintien de l’ordre et de la décence dans les cimetières, les inhumations et les exhumations, sans qu’il soit permis d’établir des distinctions ou des prescriptions particulières à raison des croyances ou du culte du défunt ou des circonstances qui ont accompagné sa mort.

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