Amendment of section 116.
8.
Amendment of section 124.
Amendment of section 151.
Amendment of Third Schedule.
(5) Nothing in this section shall derogate from any provision in any enactment which permits the use of any human remains or the removal and use of part of any human remains for therapeutic purposes or for purposes of medical education or research.”.
Section 116 of the principal Ordinance is amended-- (a) in paragraph (e) of subsection (1), by inserting after
"therefrom" the following-
*. and fees or charges payable in relation thereto": and
(b) in paragraph (e) of subsection (2), by deleting ", exhumA -
tion and removal".
9.
Section 124 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following new sub- section-
"(1) Where a person who has the right to effect the disposal of the human remains of any person-
(q) within the period of forty-eight hours after the
human remains are received into any mortuary-
(i) has not made to the person having the management or control of the mortuary a claim to possession thereof; or
(ii) abandons the right to effect the disposal thereof; or
(b) having made a claim to possession of the human remains within such period of forty-eight bours, does not take possession of the human remains and remove them from the mortuary within forty-eight hours after he has made the claim,
the right to effect the disposal of the human remains shall vest in the Authority, and the Authority may arrange for the disposal of them in any manner it may think fit".
10. Section 151 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (2).
11. The Third Schedule to amended by inserting after "112(2) of Urban Services" the following—
Urban Counci
"LIZACI),
(2) and (3)
the principal Ordinance is Urban Council Director
Director of Urban Services".
12. The Seventh Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after Form D, the following new form--
Te
"Голм Е.
[s. 112A(1)(a)]
PUBLIC HEALth and UrbAN SERVICES ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 132),
(section 112A()).
Notice to bury or cremate human remains.
(person who has the right to effect the disposal of the remains of the deceased).
WHEREAS
(specify name of deceased), hereinafter referred to as "the deceased", died at
(specify place of death) about the
day of
on or 19.******
(specify date of death);
AND WHEREAS—
(u) a certificate of registration of such death was issued under sub- section (1) of section 17 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance on the
19. (specify date of issue); or
day of
(6) an order under subsection (1) of section 17 of the Birthe and Deaths Registration Ordinance to bury or cremate the body af the deceased was obtained frora
(specify name of person making order), a coroner, on the day of
19... (specify date of order); or
(c) written sanction/direction* to bury the body of the deceased was given under subsection (1) of section 16 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance by ...................................
(specify name of person making order), Registrar of Births and Deaths/deputy registrar of births and deaths/district registrar of births and deaths*, on the
day of
19......... (specify date of order); or
(d) a permit to bury the body of deceased was issued under sub- section (1) of section 16 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance by
(specify name of inspector or other officer in charge the issued permit) of the
police station (specify name of police station at which the application for a permit was made) on the
day of
19......... (specify date of issue): (complete whichever of paragraphs (a), (6), (e) or (d) is applicable and delete other paragraphs)
Amendment of Seventh Schedule.