Friday, June 23, 1972
BILL SEEKS GREATER CONTROL OVER CEMETERIES
An amending bill which seeks to give the authorities greater control
over the management of private cemeteries was published in today's gazette,
If enacted, the Public Health and Urban Services (Amendment) (No. 3)
Bill 1972 would enable regulations to be made prescribing or providing for
the depth and size of graves and vaults, as well as burial fees.
Another amendment would allow a charge to be made for permission to
exhume human remains, whether in private or public cemeteries or elsewhere.
The bill, which will be introduced into the Legislative Council
shortly, also empowers the authorities to make regulations in respect of
other matters which they consider necessary for the proper regulation and
control of public and private cemeteries,
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