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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 1934.
HONG KONG.
No. 40 of 1934.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L. S.
Governor.
23rd November, 1934.
An Ordinance to make provision for the cremation of the
dead.
[23rd November, 1934.]
Short title.
Interpreta- tion.
Orders as to crematoria.
Use of un- authorised crematoria prohibited.
Schedule.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Cremation Ordinance, 1934.
any
2. In this Ordinance "crematorium" means building or place designed or adapted for the purpose of burning human remains.
3. The Governor may make orders for any of the following purposes :--
(1) to set apart any place or building or portion of a building for the purpose of a Government crematorium;
(2) to discontinue the use of any Government crema- torium and appropriate the site and buildings thereof to any other lawful purpose;
(3) to assign the care, conduct and control of Govern- ment crematoria to any person, board, body or institution.
4. No building or place shall be used as a crematorium other than and except---
(1) Government crematoria;
(2) the crematoria named in the Schedule;
(3) crematoria hereafter established with the consent of the Governor notified in the Gazette;
(4) a building or place in respect of which the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall have granted special and written permission, upon such terms and conditions as he may see fit, to some person or institution to use the same for the burning of the human remains or class of human remains specified in such permit.