Citation.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, 1960,
(No. 30 of 1960).
FUNERAL PARlchur By-laws, 1960.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 123 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960, the Urban Council has made the following by-laws-
1. These by-laws may be cited as the Funeral Parlour By-laws. 1960.
Application.
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These by-laws apply to the urban areas only.
Interpreta tion.
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(Cap. 14)
(13 of 1958).
(Cap. 153).
(Cap. 1411.
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parlour businesses.
In these by-laws, save where the context otherwise requires- "body" means the dead body of à human being, but does not include the skeletal remains of any such body or the ashes thereof after cremation;
"burial" includes cremation:
“Council" means the Urban Council;
"funeral parlour" means a mortuary, but does not include—
(a) the Tung Wah Hospital Repository situated at Sandy Bay,
Hong Kong:
(6) any place ser apart under the provisions of section 4 of the Magistrates (Coroners Powers) Ordinance for the reception of dead bodies for the purpose of post mortem examination;
(c) any mortuary situated within the precincts of any hospital or similar institution which is maintained or controlled by the Crown or by the University of Hong Kong provided for by the University Ordinance, 1958; or
(d) any mortuary situated within the precincts of any hospital or institution for the time being specified in the Schedule to the Nursing and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance; “quarantinable disease" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of
the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance,
4. (1) Save under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Council, no person shall carry on the business of a funeral parlour.
(2) Every such licence shall expire annually on the 31st day of December.
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(3) The grant or renewal of any such licence shall be subject to the payment in advance to the Treasury of a fee of one thousand dollars:
Provided that, where any such licence is granted after the 30th day of June in any year, the fee payable in respect of the grant of that licence shall be one-half of the prescribed fee,
(4) Nothing in this by-law shall be taken or construed to the
|| prejudice of any of the provisions of the Miscellaneous Licences Ordin- (Cap. 114).
ance relating to the licensing of undertakers.
to posting
5. The licensee of every funeral parlour shall cause his name to Requirediouls be posted. in English lettering and Chinese characters not less than four inches in height, in a conspicuous place on the outside wall or door of the premises to which his licence relates.
of licensees' martes, clc.
6. The licensec of every funeral parlour shall cause- (4) not less than one notice, which shall be written in English prohibiting
lettering and Chinese characters of such size as to be clearly spitting, etc. visible from a distance of six feet, prohibiting spitting, except into a spittoon or other receptacle provided for the purpose, to be posted in every room of the funeral parlour to which mem- bers of the public have access; and
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(b) every such room to be provided with a sufficient number of spittoons or other suitable receptacles to the satisfaction of the Council.
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The following provisions shall apply to every funeral parlour— Funeral (a) every part of the premises shall be adequately lighted and comply with ventilated to the satisfaction of the Council, either by natural certain means or mechanical means or partly by natural means and provisions. partly by mechanical means;
(b) no part of the premises shall have direct access to any prem- ises used for domestic purposes or to any premises not wholly concerned with and used for the purposes of the funeral parlour: and
(c) not less than one room shall be used exclusively for the purpose of embalming any body or preparing any body for burial, encoffining or cremation, and every such room shall comply with the following requirements-
(D) a rectangular area of floor space, not less than ten feet by fifteen feet, shall be provided for each embalming or preparation table installed in the room;
(U) the Roor shall be surfaced with smooth non-absorbent material and the junction between the walls and the floor shall be coved: