THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 18, 1935.
crematorium and shall be returned by him to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services on completion of the cremation :
Provided that the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services in any case in his absolute discretion may decline to issue a permit, or if a permit has been issued may withdraw such permit at any time before the cremation has taken place.
10. If a magistrate discharging the duties of coroner has given notice that he intends to hold an inquest on the body, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall not allow the cremation to take place until the disposal of the body has been authorised by such magistrate.
11. In the case of the remains of a person who has died in any place out of the Colony, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services may accept a declaration containing the pre- scribed particulars if it is made before any person having authority in that place to administer an oath or to take a declaration, and he may accept medical certificates if they are signed by any medical practitioners who are shown to his satisfaction to possess qualifications substantially equivalent to those prescribed in the case of each certificate by these regu- lations.
12. The foregoing regulations, other than regulation 4, do not apply to the cremation of the remains of a deceased person who has already been buried for not less than one year and which have been lawfully exhumed. Such remains may be cremated subject to the conditions applicable to the exhuma- tion, and any such cremation in which those conditions are not observed shall be deemed a contravention of these regulations.
13. After the cremation of the remains of a deceased person, the ashes shall be given into the charge of the person who applied for the cremation if he so desires. If such person does not desire to receive the ashes, they shall be retained by the cremation authority, and in the absence of any special arrangement for their burial or preservation shall be decently interred in a burial ground or in land adjoining the cremator- ium reserved for the burial of ashes. In the case of ashes left temporarily in the care of a person in charge of a crematorium, and not removed within a reasonable time, a fortnight's notice shall be given to the person who applied for the cremation before the ashes are interred. Any such notice may be given by post letter addressed to such person at his usual or last known address in the Colony.
14. A register shall be kept in English by the person in charge of each crematorium, at or near the crematorium showing the date of each cremation, and as far as the circumstances of the case permit the name, sex, and age of the person whose remains have been cremated: Such register shall be open to inspection by any member of the public at any reasonable hour.
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