UNDERTAKERS OF BURIALS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

UNDERTAKERS OF BURIALS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

UNDERTAKERS OF BURIALS (REGIONAL COUNCIL)
BY-LAWS
ap. 132, section 9213)
[1 June 1982.]

1. These by-laws may be cited as the Undertakers of Burials
(Regional Council) By-laws.

2. These by-laws apply to the Regional Council area only.

3. In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires-

'burial' includes cremation;

'CounciV means the Regional Council;

'licence' means a licence issued under section 92A of the Ordinance;

'undertaker of burials' means a person whose trade or business it
is to undertake all or any duties connected with the burial of
human cadavers and includes a funeral director.

4. (1) The fee for a licence shall be,$4,200 4~-

(2) A licence shall be valid for a period of 1 year from the
date of issue.

5. An application for a licence shall be made in writing to the
Council in the form prescribed by it.

6. If the Council is satisfied that a licence granted or trans-
ferred to any person-

(a) has been lost, destroyed or accidentally defaced; or

(b) requires amendment,

it may, upon payment of a fee of$60., issue to such person a
duplicate of the licence or make the amendment, as the case may be.

7. The Council may refuse to grant or renew a licence, or may
revoke a licence granted, to a person if he is under the age of 21
years or if, in the opinion of the Council, such refusal or revocation
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is in the public interest.

8. No person other than the Council shall alter, deface or
make any erasure on a licence, and no person shall use, or have in his
possession with a view to use, a licence which he knows has been
altered or defaced or on which he knows an erasure has been made,
other than by the Council.





9. The holder of a licence shall not, in carrying on the
business of an undertaker of burials, use any premises as a place of
business other than those specified in the licence.

10. (1) A licenced undertaker of burials shall keep a register
either in the Chinese or the English language in which he shall
correctly record the following particulars-

(a) the name and address of the deceased;

(b) the age or the approximate age of the deceased;

(e) the sex of the deceased;

(d) the date, place and cause of the death of the deceased;

(e)the date and number of the death certificate and of any
perin't for the burial, cremation, importation into or
removal from Hong Kong, as the case may be, of the
remains of the deceased;

the name and address of the medical practitioner (if any)
who certified as to the death of the deceased, and of the
person signing any permit for burial, cremation, importa-
tion into or removal from Hong Kong, as the case may be,
of such remains;

(g)the name and address of the person (if any) who has
undertaken to pay the charges (if any) to the undertaker of
burials;

(h) the method by which, and, as appropriate-
(i) the cemetery and space, plot or grave number; or
(ii) the crematorium; or
(iii) the location of the burial site,
where, such remains were finally disposed of.

(2) A licensed undertaker of burials shall cause every such
register to be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by any
health officer, health inspector, police officer or any public officer
authorized for this purpose by the Council in writing.

11. Any person who contravenes by-law 8, 9 or 10 commits
an offence and is liable to a fine of 5 ~, and to imprisonment
for 6 months. T -2,

12. The form of a licence shall be that in the Schedule.

13. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enact-
ment relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without
prejudice to the power of the Attorney General in relation to the
prosecution of such offences, prosecution for an offence under any
of the provisions of these by-laws may be brought in the name of
the Council.





SCHEDULE [by-law 12.]
Licence No . ..............................
UNDERTAKER's LICENCE
UNDERTAKERS OF BURIALS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

............ ....................... of
(Name a(Licensee) (address)

..........
is hereby licensed to conduct the business of an undertaker of burials at the following
place or places of business-

until the .............day of 19 inclusive, subject to the
provisions of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance and relevant
by-laws and to such requirements and conditions as are notified to the licensee in
writing.

Date this .............day of 19

........................ ..................
Regional Council.
L.N.337/81. L.N. 213/83. L.N.67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 140/86. L.N. 178/82. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. 10 of 1986,s. 32(2). Licence, fee and term. L.N. 213/83. Application for licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Fee for duplicates, and for amendment of licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 213/83. Refusals and revocations. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Defacing a licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Premises not to be changed. Register. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Offences and penalties. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Form. Schedule. Name in which proceedings of offences may be brought. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 140/86.

L.N.337/81. L.N. 213/83. L.N.67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 140/86. L.N. 178/82. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. 10 of 1986,s. 32(2). Licence, fee and term. L.N. 213/83. Application for licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Fee for duplicates, and for amendment of licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 213/83. Refusals and revocations. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Defacing a licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Premises not to be changed. Register. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Offences and penalties. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Form. Schedule. Name in which proceedings of offences may be brought. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 140/86.

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