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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 18, 1935.
Ordinance
No. 21 of 1934. Schedule, Form No. 19.
Ordinance
No. 5 of 1888.
6. Except pursuant to a magistrate's cremation order no cremation shall be allowed without a permit in writing signed by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.
7. No permit for cremation shall be issued by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services unless application therefor is made in Form No. 1 in the Schedule to these regulations by an executor or by the nearest surviving relative in Hong Kong of the deceased or by the duly authorised attorney or agent in Hong Kong of either of them :
Provided that, if there is no executor or relative of the deceased or attorney or agent of either of them in Hong Kong, and a written direction signed by the deceased in his life time requesting the cremation of his remains is produced to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services may (subject to the other provisions of these regulations) issue a cremation permit: Provided that the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services may, if there is no executor or relative or attorney or agent or written direction as above, select the person body or institution best fitted in his discretion to make the application, and upon such application being made issue a cremation permit.
8. No permit for cremation shall be issued by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services unless either-
(1) a
certificate of the cause of death under section 20 (2) of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1934, shall have been given by a person authorised to give such certificates, accompanied by a cremation certificate in Form No. 2 in the Schedule to these regulations by the said person so authorised as aforesaid or by another person authorised to give such first-mentioned certificate, and it shall appear from such last-mentioned certificate that the death was not due to poison or to violence or to any illegal operation or to privation or neglect; or
(2) the Registrar General of Births and Deaths has certified, as the result of inquiries instituted or caused to be instituted by him pursuant to section 21 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1934, that it appears that the death was not due to poison or to 'violence, or to any illegal operation or to privation or neglect; or
(3) a post mortem examination of the remains has been held by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, or by a medical officer appointed by the Governor under section 6 of the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1888, or by any two registered medical practitioners, and such medical officer or both of such practitioners shall certify in Form No. 3 in the Schedule to these regulations that to the best of his or their knowledge and belief the death was not due to poison or to violence or to any illegal operation or to privation or to neglect.
9. On the production of the necessary certificates issued in accordance with regulation No. 8 (1), (2) or (3) of these regulations, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall issue a permit in writing in Form No. 4 in the Schedule to these regulations authorising the cremation of the remains at a place to be named in the permit: such permit shall be handed to the person in charge of the