Section 17-201. Report of deaths; removal of body

It shall be the duty of
  any citizen who becomes aware of the  death  of  any  person,  occurring
  under the circumstances described in paragraph one of subdivision (f) of
  section  five  hundred  fifty-seven of the charter, to report such death
  forthwith to the office of the chief medical examiner, and to  a  police
  officer  who  shall  forthwith  notify  the  officer  in  charge  of the
  station-house in the police precinct in  which  such  person  died.  Any
  person  who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to report such death or who
  without written order from a  medical  examiner  shall  wilfully  touch,
  remove or disturb the body of any such person, or wilfully touch, remove
  or  disturb the clothing or any article upon or near such body, shall be
  guilty of a misdemeanor.