Provisions applicable to parts of body

All provisions of this code requiring burial of a dead body, or punishing interference with, or injuries to a dead body, apply equally to any part of a dead body separated therefrom during lifetime, or by dissection after death, as soon as the lawful purposes of such dissection have been accomplished. Source: PenC 1877, §§ 353, 354; CL 1887, §§ 6554, 6555; RPenC 1903, §§ 358, 359; RC 1919, §§ 3872, 3873; SDC 1939, § 27.1301. 34-26-20, 34-26-21. Repealed by SL 2007, ch 197 , § 26.