Breaking: The Anambra State New Burial Law. But sad Willy never did Obey it in his last burial. Read below!

HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW ANAMBRA STATE BURIAL LAW

1. All burial/funeral ceremonies of indigenous deceased persons
MUST be registered with the town union of the deceased persons.
Registration fee is NGN1,500

2. No person MUST erect any billboard, banner or posters of any kind
of deceased persons in the State. 100k fine or 6 months jail term or
both for violation.

3. Persons are allowed to erect only directional posts (such as the
ones leading to the venue). Must not be erected before seven days to
the burial date and must be removed not later than seven days after
the burial date. 100k fine or 6 months jail term or both for violation.

4. Corpse MUST not be deposited in the mortuary or any other place
beyond 2 months from the date of death. 100k fine or 6 months jail
term or both for violation.
5. No blocking of road/street because of burial except with the
approval of the appropriate local govt authority.
6. No public display of casket for purposes of fabrication and sale. 50k
fine or 1 month jail term or both for violation.
7. Deceased family MUST clear outstanding levies owed to the
community or religious body before the funeral ceremony.
8. There MUST be no Wake of any kind for any deceased person in the
State. All vigil Mass, service of songs or religious activity for the
deceased person prior to the burial MUST end by 9:00pm. There MUST
be no food, drink, life band or cultural entertainers during and after
vigil Mass, service of songs or religious activity for the deceased
person.
9. All burial/funeral ceremonies for any deceased person in the State
MUST be for one day.
10. All burial Mass/services MUST start not later than 9:00 am and
MUST NOT last more than 2 hours.
11. No preserved corpse MUST be exposed for more than 30 minutes
from the time of exposition . It could be kept in a room under lock and
key.
12. All condolence visits after any burial/funeral ceremony must not
exceed one day.
13. During a condolence visit, no person MUST give to the deceased
person's family, as a condolence gift, any item exceeding money, one
jar of palm wine, one carton of beer and one crate of soft drink.
14. No deceased person's family MUST give out any souvenir during
burial/funeral ceremony.
15. For Ibuna Ozu Nwa Ada, there must be no demand of more than
10k by the maiden family of the deceased woman.
16. Undertakers at any burial ceremony MUST not exceed 6 in number.
There must be no dancing with the casket by the undertakers.
17. Wearing of special uniform/aso ebi is restricted to: (1) immediate
family of the deceased perso
(2) church groups, and
(3) Umunna, umu ada and iyom di, where applicable.
18. Provision of food/drinks is NOT compulsory. It is at the discretion
of the bereaved family.
19. No burial on any local market day of the town. For Nimo, no burial
on Oye market day.
20. Umuada of the deceased person's family must stay only on the day
of the Wake and the burial/funeral.
21. No more custom of Ndi Youth demonstrating with the picture of
the deceased person within the town.
22. No destruction of cash crops, economic plants, household
utensils/ properties by Ndi Youth, condolence visitors, masquerade or
any other person.
23. No use of any type of guns except Nkponana.
24. No brochure of the deceased person except for Order of Mass/
service.
25. All condolence registers during any burial/funeral ceremony must
be kept at a convenient corner on the premises.
26. There shall be no second funeral rites after burial except in the
case of legacy.
27. Commissioner for Lands is required to create State burial ground in
every community. Rejected corpses and unidentified corpses will be
buried there. A "rejected corpse" is a corpse deposited in a mortuary
for more than two months. Every mortuary attendant is bound to report
to the Ministry of Health any corpse that has stayed beyond one (1)
month from the date it was deposited. Failure to notify the Govt is an
offence.
28. There will be Monitoring and Implementation Committees.
Members will be paid such remuneration as may be determined by the
town union of the town. The Town Monitoring Committee is
responsible for
(1) Registering all deaths in the town, (2) Giving clearance for every
burial/funeral ceremony in the town, and (3) Submitting records of the
implementation of the Law to the Department of Town Union and
Chieftaincy Matters in the State. The Implementation Committee must
be present at any burial ceremony to observe the implementation of the
Law. Obstruction of the Committee is an offence and attracts a fine of
50k.
29. Contravention of the provisions of the Law is an offence
punishable by 100k fine or six months jail term.
30. Magistrate Court has jurisdiction to try offences under the Law.