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Burning of joss-sticks

and firing

of crackers prohibited.

Lay-out.

Plans to be placed on view.

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193. The burning of joss sticks and firing of crackers is prohibited in that portion of the Colonial Cemetery set apart under Ordinance No. 38 of 1909 for the burial of persons professing the Christian religion.

194. Each Chinese cemetery shall be laid out in sections of such size and arranged in such manner and such cemetery or any part thereof may be set apart for re-interments after exhumation and for the storage of the remains in pots or urns as may be directed by the Council.

195. A plan of each cemetery showing the various sections shall be on view at or near to the cemetery and at the offices of the Council.

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201. The areas of the grave spaces in the various Areas of sections shall not exceed the following dimensions:-

Section A.-7 feet long by 2 feet wide with 18 inches interspaces.

grave spaces.

Section B.-7 feet long by 23 feet wide with 18 inches

interspaces.

Section C.-8 feet long by 3 feet wide with 18 inches

interspaces.

Section D.-75 square feet with 18 inches interspaces.

202. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the Exemption Chinese Permanent Cemetery at Aberdeen.

of Aberdeen Cemetery.

PART V.

Monthly register to

be kept.

Number of corpses per grave.

Each grave

to be filled.

Reopening of grave prohibited except with permission

of Council.

Fees.

196. A monthly register shall be kept in the Chinese language at or near each Chinese cemetery, and the date, name, sex and age of each person shall be entered therein against the number of the grave in which the corpse is interred. These registers shall be deposited at the office of the Council after a period of two years, and shall be filed there.

197. Except as regards the corpses of children under ten years of age, only one corpse shall be placed in one grave. In the case of the corpses of children under ten years of age, two corpses may be placed in one grave.

198. Each grave shall be filled in to the satisfaction of the Council.

199. No grave may be re-opened after a corpse has been interred therein without the written permission of the Council, nor (except where no charge has been made for the grave space) without the written consent of the next of kin of the person buried, if such next of kin can be founl.

200. The following fees will be charged for each grave space and interment or for storage in pots or urns of the exhumed remains of natives of Hong Kong or other persons buried in this Colony in the various sections of the cemeteries other than the Colonial Cemetery :-

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Section A-free; 50 cents for digging and filling in each

grave.

Section B-$1)

Section C-$2) and $1 for digging and filling in each

grave.

Section D-(1) for 4 square feet

$ 5.00

(2) for 15 square feet

$10.00

(3) for every additional 15 square

feet up to 75 square feet

$10.00

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GENERAL.

Service of Notice, Summons, or Order.

summons

203. Any notice, summons or order given, issued or Service of made under the provisions of this Ordinance, may be served upon the person affected by the document to be served, either or orders. personally or by leaving the same with any occupier of the premises to which such document relates, or by leaving the same with some adult inmate at the usual or last-known places of business or residence of the person to be served, or, if there is no occupier of such premises, by putting up the document to be served on a conspicuous part of the premises to which the same relates: Provided that any notice, summons or order required by this Ordinance to be given, issued or made to the owner of any premises, shall be served either by leaving the same at the place of business or residence within the Colony of such owner or of his authorised agent, or if the whereabouts of such owner or agent be unknown, by posting a registered letter addressed to such owner, or agent, at his last-known place of residence or of business in the Colony.

Contraventions and Penalties.

contraven-

204. Every act, failure, neglect, or omission whereby Penalty for any requirement or provision of this Ordinance is contravened, tions. and every refusal to comply with any of such requirements or provisions, shall be deemed a contravention of this Ordinance.

205. All penalties imposed by this Ordinance may he Recovery recovered summarily at the suit of the Secretary or of such of penalties. other officer as the Council may depute.

nuisance.

206. Every person who as architect, engineer, clerk of Penalty works, contractor, foreman, or workman is responsible, either for building alone or jointly with others, for the existence of any nuisance as defined by this Ordinance, and also the owner of any build- ing or works on which any such nuisance exists shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, and to a further fine not exceeding twenty dollars for every day that the nuisance remains unabated.

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