CB 2
[Subsidiary]
CAP. 132] Undertakers of Burials (Regional Council)
By-laws
[1986 Ed.
Premises not to be changed.
Register.
10 of 1986, s. 32(2).
Offences and penalties.
10 of 1986, s. 32(2).
Form.
Schedule.
Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought.
10 of 1986, s. 32(2).
9. The holder of a licence shall not, in carrying on the business of an undertaker of burials, use any premises as a place of business other than those specified in the licence.
10. (1) A licensed undertaker of burials shall keep a register either in the Chinese or the English language in which he shall correctly record the following particulars-
(a) the name and address of the deceased;
(b) the age or the 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 and number of the death certificate and of any permit for the burial, cremation, importation into or removal from Hong Kong, as the case may be, of the remains of the deceased;
(f) 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, importation into or removal from Hong Kong, as the case may be, of such remains;
(g) the name and address of the person (if any) who has undertaken to pay the charges (if any) to the undertaker of burials;
(h) the method by which, and, as appropriate-
(i) the cemetery and space, plot or grave number; or
(ii) the crematorium; or
(iii) the location of the burial site,
where such remains were finally disposed of.
(2) A licensed undertaker of burials shall cause every such register to be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by any health officer, health inspector, police officer or any public officer authorized for this purpose by the Council in writing.
11. Any person who contravenes by-law 8, 9 or 10 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
$2,577
12. The form of a licence shall be that in the Schedule.
13. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without prejudice to the power of the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of such offences, prosecution for an offence under any of the provisions of these by-laws may be brought in the name of the Council.