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【法规编号】 44376 什么是编号？
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第2页 CAP 132BF PRIVATE CEMETERIES REGULATION
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[接上页] (L.N. 204 of 1972) Cap 132BF s 7 Certain permits or certificates to be produced at time of interment A person in charge of the disposal in a private cemetery of the human remains of any person shall, in relation to such remains, produce to the manager of the cemetery at the time when the interment takes place- (a) in the case of a first interment of the body of a person dying in Hong Kong- (10 of 1986 s. 32(2)) (i) a permit of a police officer issued under the provisions of the proviso to section 16(1) of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174); (ii) a certificate of registration of death or of a coroner's order issued under the provisions of section 17(1) of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174); or (iii) in the case of the body of a still-born child, a certificate, declaration or coroner's order issued or made under the provisions of section 18 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance (Cap 174); or(b) in any other case, the permission in writing of the Director authorizing the interment. (78 of 1999 s. 7) (L.N. 204 of 1972) Cap 132BF s 8 Numbering of graves, etc. Every grave, vault, niche, ossuary or columbarium in a private cemetery shall be marked in a permanent manner with a distinguishing number or Chinese character, which shall correspond with the number or character entered in the register kept in accordance with the provisions of section 5(1). (L.N. 80 of 1976; 78 of 1999 s.7) Cap 132BF s 9 Manner of burial (1) No person shall, in any private cemetery- (a) cause any human remains to be buried in a grave in such a manner that any part of the coffin, or the body if the same is not encoffined, is at a depth of less than 900 mm below the level of the ground adjoining the grave: Provided that, where skeletal remains or ashes are contained in an urn, a depth of 450 mm shall suffice; (L.N. 89 of 1979)(b) cause any human remains to be buried in a grave unless the coffin, or the body if the same is not encoffined, is effectually separated from any other coffin or body which is already in the grave by means of a layer of earth not less than 150 mm in thickness; or (L.N. 89 of 1979) (c) cause any grave to be dug in such a manner as to leave- (i) less than 300 mm; or (L.N. 89 of 1979) (ii) except in the case of a grave in a grave space reserved or set aside before 1 January 1973, more than 450 mm, (L.N. 89 of 1979) interspace between any part of such grave and any other grave. (L.N. 80 of 1976)(2) Save in so far as may be necessary in the course of disposing of any human remains contained therein, no person shall, in any private cemetery, leave any coffin or urn deposited on the surface of the ground. Cap 132BF s 10 Re-opening of graves Where, in any private cemetery, any grave is re-opened for the purpose of making another interment therein, no person shall disturb any human remains interred therein or remove therefrom any soil which is offensive. Cap 132BF s 11 Burial in vaults (1) No person shall deposit any human remains in a vault in a private cemetery unless such remains are encoffined: Provided that skeletal remains or ashes after cremation may be enclosed in an urn. (2) Every person who deposits any human remains in a vault shall, within 24 hours after the deposit in the vault of the coffin containing such remains, cause the coffin to be wholly and permanently embedded in and covered with a layer of good cement concrete, not less than 150 mm in thickness, or to be wholly and permanently enclosed in a separate cell or receptacle which shall be constructed of slate or stone flagging, not less than 50 mm in thickness and properly jointed in cement, or of good brickwork in cement and in such a manner as to prevent, so far as practicable, the escape of any noxious gas from the interior of the cell or receptacle. (L.N. 89 of 1979) (3) The provisions of subsection (2) shall not apply to any skeletal remains or ashes after cremation which are enclosed in an urn. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BF s 12 Scattering of ashes after cremation Nothing in this Regulation shall be taken or construed to prevent the scattering of ashes after cremation upon the surface of the ground in any private cemetery. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132BF s 13 Offences and penalties (1) Any person who- (a) for the purpose of obtaining the permission of the Director for the interment in a private cemetery of the human remains of any person, makes any declaration or statement which he knows, or has reason to believe, to be false in a material particular; (b) contravenes any of the provisions of section 3(1), (2) or (3), section 4(1) or (2), section 5(1), (2) or (4), section 6(1) to (6), section 9 or 10, section 11(1) or (2) or section 15(1), (3) or (4), (L.N. 80 of 1976)shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 2 and, where the offence is a continuing offence, shall be liable in addition to a fine of $100 for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offence has continued. (L.N. 204 of 1972; L.N. 304 of 1987) |
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