WO HOP SHEK, SAND RIDGE AND SANDY RIDGE (URN) CEMETERIES, PRIVATE LOTS, RULES

WO HOP SHEK, SAND RIDGE AND SANDY RIDGE (URN) CEMETERIES, PRIVATE LOTS, RULES

WO HOP SHEK, SANDY RIDGE AND SANDY RIDGE
(URN) CEMETERIES, PRIVATE LOTS, RULES

(Cap. 132, section 117)

[30 March 1961.]

1. These rules may be cited as the Wo Hop Shek, Sandy
Ridge and Sandy Ridge (Urn) Cemeteries, Private Lots, Rules.

2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-

'Council' means the Regional Council;

'private lot' means any part of a public cemetery which is set aside
or allocated by the Council, acting under the powers conferred
by by-law 3 of the Public Cemeteries (Regional Council)
By-laws for the reception of the human remains of particular
persons or of persons belonging to any particular community,
race or religion.

3. (1) Application for private lots in the Wo Hop Shek
Cemetery, the Sandy Ridge Cemetery or the Sandy Ridge (Urn)
Cemetery may be made in writing to the Council by any association
or group of persons which requires its dead to be buried together in
community therein.

(2) Such applications may be granted or refused by the
Council in its discretion and, if granted, may be subject to such
conditions or restrictions as it may think fit to impose.

(3) Approval of any application made under paragraph (1)
shall not convey to the applicant association or group-

(a)any right of property in or control over the private lot
allocated; nor

(b)any right to permanent burial of the dead in such privat
lot; nor

(c)any right to cause to be buried in such private lot any
person other than a member of the applicant association or
group or a relative of a member; nor

(d)any exemption from the payment of fees or any other
requirement for the time being prescribed by any enact-
ment relating to the burial of the dead.

4. (1) The general development and maintenance, including
in particular the construction and maintenance of terracing, drainage
and necessary access paths, shall be the responsibility of Govern-
ment and shall be carried out at the public expense.





(2) In addition and without prejudice to any works executed in
furtherance of paragraph (1), the association or group of persons to
which any private lot is for the time being allocated may at its own
expense carry out such other works of improvement, amenity or
decoration as the Council may in its discretion permit:

Provided-

(a)that the permission of the Council is granted prior to the
commencement of any such works; and

(b)the maintenance of such works shall be a charge upon such
association or group and shall be carried out from time to
time to the satisfaction of the Council.

5. No human remains shall be admitted to burial in any
private lot except upon receipt by the Council of an application in
writing signed by a person for the time being authorized by the
association or group of persons to which such private lot stands
allocated-

(a)requesting that such remains be admitted to burial therein;
and

(b)declaring that to the best of his knowledge and belief such
remains are those of a member of such association or
group or those of a relative of a member thereof.

6. In the case of urn burials in any private lot, except by prior
arrangement with the Council in special cases-

(a)the relatives of the deceased or their agents must provide
all necessary bearers, labour and equipment required to
carry out the burial in such decent manner as the Council
may approve;

(b) no urn space shall exceed a surface area of 900 x 900 min;

(c)each burial shall be carried out in conformity with the most
economical sequence of grave spaces having regard to the
shape and size of the private lot in question; and

(d)within 14 days after each interment, a headstone, identify-
ing the deceased, shall be erected by the relatives of the
deceased or their agents, failing which the urn in question
and its contents will be subject to transfer from the private
lot into such other part of the cemetery as the Council may
think fit.
G.N.A. 41/61. L.N. 121/75. L.N. 89/79. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 121/75. (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Application for private lots. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Development and maintenance of private lots. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Admission to burial. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Special conditions relating to urn burials. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s 32(2). L.N. 89/79.

G.N.A. 41/61. L.N. 121/75. L.N. 89/79. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 121/75. (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Application for private lots. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Development and maintenance of private lots. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Admission to burial. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Special conditions relating to urn burials. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s 32(2). L.N. 89/79.

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