French Mayor: Don't Die Or We'll Punish You

Since the only thing guaranteed in life are death and taxes, the problem of cemetery overcrowding is inevitable.  But that isn't stopping a mayor in France from trying to solve the problem, according to a bizarre story sent to us by sarcasmsvoice:

"In an ordinance posted in the council offices, Mayor Gerard Lalanne told the 260 residents of the village of Sarpourenx that "all persons not having a plot in the cemetery and wishing to be buried in Sarpourenx are forbidden from dying in the parish ...

"It may be a laughing matter for some, but not for me," he said."

I wonder what type of punishment awaits those that die in Sarpourenx and how it will be enforced

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