Any person who opens any grave or any place of burial, temporary or otherwise, or who breaks open any building wherein any dead body of a human being is deposited while awaiting burial, with intent either:
1. To remove any dead body of a human being for the purpose of selling the same, or for the purpose of dissection; or
2. To steal the coffin, or any part thereof or anything attached thereto, or connected therewith, or the vestments or other articles buried with the same,
shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding two (2) years, or in a county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 2458. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 302, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 203, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 302 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
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