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CAP. 132] Funeral Parlour (Urban Council) By-laws
[1986 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
10 of 1986, s. 32(2).
10 of 1986, s. 32(2).
Offences and penalties.
L.N. 235/74.
(a) the name and address of the deceased;
(b) the age or approximate age of the deceased;
(c) the sex of the deceased;
(d) the date, place and cause of the death of the deceased;
(e) the date on, and the time at, which the remains of the deceased were received into the funeral parlour;
(f) the date on, and the time at, which such remains were removed from the funeral parlour;
(g) the date and number of the death certificate and of any permit for the burial, cremation, import to or removal from Hong Kong, as the case may be, of such remains;
(h) the name and address of the medical practitioner (if any) who certified as to the death of the deceased, and of the person signing any permit for burial, cremation, import to or removal from Hong Kong, as the case may be, of such remains;
(i) the name and address of the person (if any) who has undertaken to pay the charges (if any) of the funeral parlour;
(j) the method by which, and, as appropriate-
(i) the cemetery and space plot or grave number; or
(ii) the crematorium,
where, such remains were finally disposed of after removal from the funeral parlour; and
(k) where the deceased died from any quarantinable disease, whether or not those parts of the funeral parlour in which such remains were kept were disinfected after such remains were removed therefrom.
(2) The licensee of a funeral parlour shall cause the register kept by him under paragraph (1) to be open for inspection at all reasonable hours by any public officer authorized in writing by the Director of Urban Services for the purposes of this by-law, or any health officer, health inspector, police officer or member of the Council.
14. (1) Any person who contravenes the provisions of by-law 4(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) In the event of a contravention of any of the provisions of by-law 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13, the licensee of the funeral parlour shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $500 and, where the offence is a continuing offence, shall be liable in addition to a fine of $10 for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offence has continued.