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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 23, 1934.

Fees and charges to be part of funeral

expenses.

Saving for magistrate.

Repeal of Ordinance No. 5 of 1914.

Ordinance, shall (in addition to any liability or penalty which he may otherwise incur) be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

(2) Every person who wilfully makes any false declara- tion or representation, or signs or utters any false certificate, with a view to procuring the burning of any human remains, shall (in addition to any penalty or liability which he may otherwise incur) be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years.

(3) Every person who, with intent to conceal the com- mission or impede the prosecution of any offence, procures or attempts to procure the cremation of any body, or, with such intent, makes any declaration or gives any certificate under this Ordinance, shall be liable on conviction on indict- ment to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years.

9. The prescribed fees, and charges and expenses properly incurred in or in connexion with the cremation of a deceased person, shall be deemed to be part of the funeral expenses of the deceased.

10. Nothing in this Ordinance shall interfere with any jurisdiction or power of any magistrate to order the cremation of a body, and nothing in this Ordinance shall authorise any person to create or permit a nuisance.

11. The Cremation Ordinance, 1914, is repealed.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 22nd day of November, 1934.

R. A. C. NORTH,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

SCHEDULE.

1. The Japanese Crematorium at Sookunpoo.

2. The Sikh burning ground behind the Sikh Temple.

[s. 4 (2).]

3. The cremation ground for Indian troops at Kowloon shown on a plan deposited in the office of and signed by the Director of Public Works, and thereon coloured red and blue.