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Article R2213-41 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The exhumation of the body of a person suffering, at the time of death, from one of the transmissible infections listed in a and b of article R. 2213-2-1, may only be authorised after the expiry of a period of one year from the date of death.

However, the provisions of the previous paragraph do not apply in the case of temporary deposit in a religious building, in a depository or in a temporary vault.

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Article R2213-41

L’exhumation du corps d’une personne atteinte, au moment du décès, de l’une des infections transmissibles dont la liste est fixée aux a et b de l’article R. 2213-2-1, ne peut être autorisée qu’après l’expiration d’un délai d’un an à compter de la date du décès.

Toutefois, les dispositions du précédent alinéa ne sont pas applicables en cas de dépôt temporaire dans un édifice cultuel, dans un dépositoire ou dans un caveau provisoire.

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