BH 2
CAP. 132] Private Cemeteries (Urban Council)
By-laws
[1986 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
G.N.A. 155/60.
L.N. 204/72. L.N. 80/76. L.N. 89/79. 10 of 1986.
PRIVATE CEMETERIES (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS
(Cap. 132, section 116)
[23 December 1960.]
Citation.
10 of 1986, s. 32(2).
Interpretation.
L.N. 204/72.
Management.
L.N. 80/76.
Building work subject to consent of Council. L.N. 204/72.
1. These by-laws may be cited as the Private Cemeteries (Urban Council) By-laws.
2. In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires-
"building works" includes any kind of building construction, site formation, repairs, demolition, alteration, addition and every kind of building operation, and includes drainage works;
"Council" means the Urban Council;
"Director" means the Director of Urban Services;
"private cemetery" means any cemetery specified in Part II of the Fifth Schedule to the Ordinance.
3. (1) The person entitled to the possession of any private cemetery shall appoint some person, not being a corporation, to be the manager thereof, and shall register with the Council the name and address of the person who is, for the time being, so appointed.
(2) In the event of any change in the address of the person who is so appointed, the person entitled to the possession of the cemetery shall, within 14 days of such change, notify the Council thereof.
(3) The manager so appointed shall-
(a) maintain the cemetery at all times in a clean and tidy condition;
(b) prevent the accumulation in the cemetery of any water likely to contain larvae or pupae of mosquitoes; and
(c) submit to the Council rules providing for the management and control of the cemetery.
(4) The Council may approve the rules with or without modifications.
4. (1) No building works shall be carried out in a private cemetery without the consent in writing of the Council.
(2) The Council may require the manager of a private cemetery to carry out any work therein which it considers necessary for reasons of public safety or health within such time as the Council considers reasonable.
Note: These by-laws are deemed to have been made pursuant to section 116(1)(e) of the Ordinance as amended by the Public Health and Urban Services (Amendment) Ordinance 1969 as if that paragraph, as so amended, had been in force when these by-laws were made—see Ordinance 48 of 1969, s. 16.