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132BI Title:PUBLIC CEMETERIES (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWSGazette Number:
Bylaw:4Heading:Register of gravesVersion Date:30/06/1997

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(1) At every public cemetery, in the custody of the officer in charge thereof, there shall be kept a register in the form prescribed in the First Schedule containing particulars of the persons whose human remains are deposited in the cemetery.
(2) Every register required to be kept by the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be kept in duplicate, and, at the end of each month, the duplicate copy of the entries made therein during the preceding month shall be sent to the Director for custody.

    (3) (a) The register kept at any public cemetery may be inspected at the cemetery by the public at all times during which such cemetery is open to the public, and the duplicate copies kept in the custody of the Director may be inspected during office hours on application to him.
        (b) Any person requiring a certified copy of any entry in any such register may obtain the same from the Director upon payment of a fee of determined under section 41A(1) of the Urban Council Ordinance (Cap 101). (L.N. 292 of 1977; L.N. 273 of 1996)