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CAP. 132] Private Cemeteries (Regional Council)

By-laws

[1986 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought.

10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

Fees.

L.N. 150/72. L.N. 255/75.

10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

14. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment relating to the prosecution of criminal offence and without prejudice to the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of such offences, prosecutions for an offence under any of the provisions of these by-laws may be brought in the name of the Council.

15. (1) The manager of a private cemetery shall submit to the Council a table of fees to be charged by the manager-

(a) for the interment of human remains in a grave or vault;

and

(b) for the deposit of human remains resulting from exhumation or ashes after cremation in a grave, vault, niche, ossuary or columbarium.

(2) The Council may approve the table of fees with or without modifications.

(3) The manager of a private cemetery shall cause to be displayed at a prominent place in the office of the cemetery or at the entrance to the cemetery the table of fees approved by the Council under paragraph (2).

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), no fee, donation or other payment of any kind shall be solicited, demanded or accepted by, or on behalf of, a person who is-

(a) a trustee of, or entitled to the possession of; or

(b) the manager of; or

(c) employed in or by,

a private cemetery, directly or indirectly in connexion with—

(i) the allocation of, or the interment of human remains in, any grave space or vault;

(ii) the grant of an application under by-law 6(7) for interment in a grave space;

(iii) the grant of permission to scatter ashes after cremation;

(iv) the deposit of any human remains after exhumation or ashes after cremation in, or the provision for such purpose of, any space, vault, niche, ossuary or columbarium,

in the private cemetery.

(5) Paragraph (4) shall not apply to a fee included in the table of fees approved by the Council under paragraph (2) or to the salary or wages paid to the manager or an employee of the private cemetery.

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