1969-HKRS30-8-59_Part01 — Page 25

CREMATION ORDINANCE. (Chapter 133).

CREMATION AND GARDENS OF REMEMBRANCE (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1969.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Crema. tion Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations

1. These regulations may be cited as the Cremation and Gardens of Remembrance (Amendment) Regulations 1969.

2. Regulation 12 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraphs- *{(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of para- graph (1), any person shall, upon payment of the fee prescribed in the Third Schedule, be entitled to have the ashes of the human remains of any person-

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Third Schedule.

(a) who was a resident of Hong Kong at the time of his death and whose remains were cremated in a Government crematoriuFA within three months after his death; or

(b) who was a resident of Hong Kong for a period of at least ten years during the period of twenty years immediately preceding his death and whose remains were cremated outside Hong Kong.

deposited al a Government crematorium either per- manently or for such period as may be agreed with the Director.

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of para- graphs (1) and (2), upon application to the Director and payment of the fee prescribed in the Third Schedule, the ashes of the human remains of any person who was a resident of Hong Kong for a period of less than ten years during the period of twenty years immediately preceding his death and whose remains were cremated outside Hong Kong may, at the discretion of the Urban Council, be deposited at a Government crematorium either permanently or for such period as may be agreed with the Director.".

Citation.

Amendment of regulation 12. (Cap. 133, mub, leg.)