1986 Ed.]
Public Cemeteries (Regional Council) By-laws
[CAP. 132
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(4) No monument, headstone or tablet shall be so constructed or shaped as to permit of the collection of water in or about it.
(5) No monument, headstone or tablet shall be removed or altered, nor shall anything be added thereto, without the consent in writing of the Council.
(6) Any monument, headstone or tablet, and any railing or enclosure marking or enclosing any grave, which, by reason of neglect or for any other reason, becomes dilapidated or in need of repair may, at the discretion of the Council, be removed and disposed of in such manner as it may think fit.
(7) For the purposes of this by-law, a headstone or tablet containing any words, carvings or portraits other than-
(a) the name of the deceased;
(b) his place of birth;
(c) the dates of his birth and death;
(d) a portrait of the deceased; and
(e) the name of the family erecting the headstone or tablet,
shall be deemed to be a monument.
8A. (1) The Council may, subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), remove and dispose of-
(a) any grave covering which has after the commencement* of the Public Cemeteries (New Territories) (Amendment) Regulations 1979 been constructed over any grave opening in a public cemetery in contravention of by-law 7A(1);
(b) any monument, headstone or tablet which has, after the commencement of the said regulations, been erected upon any grave in a public cemetery or altered or added to in contravention of by-law 8(1), (1A), (3), (4) or (5).
(2) The power in paragraph (1) shall not be exercised by the Council unless it has by notice in writing required the addressee of the notice either to modify the grave covering, monument, headstone or tablet so that it conforms with these by-laws, or to remove and dispose of the same, and the modification or removal has not been carried out within such reasonable time as may be allowed therefor in the notice.
(3) The addressee of a notice under paragraph (2) shall be the next of kin named in the entry in the register, kept under by-law 4, relating to any deceased person whose remains have been interred in the grave upon which the grave covering, monument, headstone or tablet has been constructed, erected or altered, and the said notice shall be sent by post to the addressee at the address shown in the register.
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 151/72.
Removal of grave coverings, monuments, headstones and tablets.
L.N. 57/79.
10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (L.N. 57/79.) [* 2.3.79]
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