UNDERTAKERS OF BURIALS (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

UNDERTAKERS OF BURIALS (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

UNDERTAKERS OF BURIALS (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

(Cap. 132, section 9213)

[20 December 1974.]

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

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

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

'burial' includes cremation;

'Council' means the Urban Council;

'licence' means a licence to carry on the activity of an undertaker of
burials issued under section 92A of the Ordinance;

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

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

(2) A licence shall be valid for a period of 1 year from the date
of issue or such shorter period as may be stated in the licence.

5. An application for a licence shall be made in writing to the
Secretary of the Council.

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,

the Council may, upon payment of a fee of $60,issue to such persofi
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 is in
the public interest.

8. No person shall alter, deface or make any erasure on a
licence, and no person shall use, or have in his possession with view-
to use, a licence on which an erasure has been made, or W ph has---
been wilfully altered or defaced in any way.





9. The holder of a licence shall not carry on the business of an
undertaker of burials at any other premises than those specified in
the licence.

10. (1) A licensed undertaker of burials shall keep a register
either in the Chinese or the English language in which shall be
recorded the following particulars-

(a) the name and address of the deceased;

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

(c) 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
permit for the burial, cremation, import to 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, import to
or removal from Hong Kong, as the case may be, of such
remains;

(g)the manner and place in which such remains were disposed
of.

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

11. Any person who contravenes the provisions of by-law 8, 9
or 10 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to
a fine of -$1,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
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12. The form of a licence shall be that in the Schedule.

13. [Spent]

14. 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, prosecutions for an offence under any
of the provisions of these by-laws may be brought in the name of the
Council.





SCHEDULE [by-law 12.1
Licence No . .............................................
UNDERTAKERS LICENCE
Undertakers of Burials (Urban Council) By-laws
......................................................... of
is here ensed to undertake and perform burials of the dead in the cemeteries or
crematoria allotted for that purpose, until the day of
................. 1 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.

Dated this ...day of ...........1 19

Secretary, Urban Council.
L.N. 267/74. L.N. 34/75. L.N. 293/77. L.N. 78/80. L.N. 97/81. L.N. 99/83. 10 of 1986. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. Licence, fee and term. L.N. 99/83. Applications for licence. Fee for duplicate and for amendment of Licences. L.N. 99/83. Refusals and revocations. defacing a licence. Premises not to be changed. Register. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Offences and penalties. Form. Schedule. Name in which proceedings of offences may be brought. L.N. 34/75. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

L.N. 267/74. L.N. 34/75. L.N. 293/77. L.N. 78/80. L.N. 97/81. L.N. 99/83. 10 of 1986. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. Licence, fee and term. L.N. 99/83. Applications for licence. Fee for duplicate and for amendment of Licences. L.N. 99/83. Refusals and revocations. defacing a licence. Premises not to be changed. Register. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Offences and penalties. Form. Schedule. Name in which proceedings of offences may be brought. L.N. 34/75. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

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