Every omission of duty to disinter, remove, and rebury the remains of bodies in cemeteries or other places of burial when such removal has been lawfully authorized, is punishable in the same manner as omission to perform the duty of making burial is punished under the provisions of § 34-26-18.

Source: PenC 1877, § 361; CL 1887, § 6562; RPenC 1903, § 366; RC 1919, § 3880; SDC 1939, § 13.1416.