Section 5: Doubt or dispute as to near relative to be referred to 1[x x x ]1 Magistrate of the First Class
The Karnataka Anatomy Act, 1957.State Act of Karnataka · Act 23 of 1957
(1) If any doubt or dispute arises whether a person is or is not a person interested for the purpose of section 4 the matter shall be referred to 1[x x x]1 a Magistrate of the First Class and the decision of such Magistrate shall be final.
(2) Pending such decision, the body of the deceased person shall be preserved from decay in such manner as may be prescribed.
1. Sertain words in the heading Omitted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f.