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CAP. 1112]
Chinese Permanent Cemeteries
[1987 Ed.
Power of the Board to make rules.
(Cap. 132.)
Incorporation of the Board and use of common seal.
(f) to borrow money upon such terms as the Board shall think fit, and to raise money by public or private subscription; and
(g) generally, to do such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the proper carrying out of the purposes of the Board as set out in this subsection.
(2) In addition to and notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), the Board may donate to any charity operating for the benefit of persons of the Chinese race in the Colony any moneys vested in it which are or may become surplus to the requirements of the proper management, and administration and maintenance of any Chinese Permanent Cemetery for the time being under the control of the Board.
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(1) The Board may make rules to govern-
(a) the conduct of the internal affairs of the Board; and
(b) the management and use of any Chinese Permanent Cemetery.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), such rules may
(a) lay down a scale of fees to be charged on the grant to any person of a right to use or designate a grave space for the burial of himself or any member of his family;
(b) regulate the manner of burial and the forms of burial service, ceremonies or rites to be performed in commemoration of the dead:
(c) regulate the dimensions, allocation and use or reservation of grave spaces;
(d) provide for the termination and cancellation of any right referred to in paragraph (a); and
(e) provide for the disinterment and removal of human remains.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to empower the Board to make any rule-
(a) which derogates from any of the provisions of any by-laws or regulations made pursuant to any of the provisions of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance which relate to the control of private cemeteries within the meaning of that Ordinance; or (Amended, 10 of 1986, s. 32(1))
(b)
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the contravention of which shall constitute a criminal offence by any person.
(1) The Board shall be a body corporate and shall have the corporate name of "The Board of Management of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries", and in that name shall have perpetual