Article 841 — Concealment of a Corpse.

Whoever, (a) has hidden, buried, drowned, cremated or caused to disappear in any other manner a still-born child or a child alleged to have been still born, or human corpse, without notifying the fact to the competent authority, or has failed to notify to the said authority of the discovery of a corpse; or (b) having wounded or killed another in self defence or in a state of necessity, failed to notify the fact forthwith to the competent authority, is punishable with fine or arrest.