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human remains by burning: Provided that the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to the burning of human remains under and in accordance with a permit granted by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services as mentioned in section 4.

6. No crematorium shall be constructed nearer to any Site of dwelling-house than two hundred yards, except with the crematorium. consent in writing of the owner, lessee and occupier of such house, nor within fifty yards of any public highway, except with the consent of the Governor in Council, nor consecrated part of any burial ground.

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Any consent of the Governor in Council under the provisions of this section may be limited in point of time and may be subject to such terms and conditions as he may see fit to impose.

7.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council Regulations. to make regulations in respect of any of the following matters:

(a) the maintenance and inspection of crematoria;

(b) the cases in which and the conditions under which the burning of any human remains may take place;

(c) the disposal or interment of the ashes resulting from any such burning;

(d) the forms of the notices, certificates and declara- tions to be given or made before any such burning is permitted to take place; such declarations to be made under and by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Ordinance, 1893; Ordinance

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(e) the fees or charges to be taken and made for the 1893. burning of human remains in any crematorium;

(f) the registration of the burnings;

(g) the closing of crematoria, other than Government crematoria, and the delegation of authority to order such closure; and

(h) all such other matters not hereinbefore specifically mentioned as may conduce to the better carrying out of this Ordinance.

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(2) All statutory provisions relating to the destruction Application and falsification of registers of burials, and the admissibility of of provisions extracts therefrom as evidence in courts and otherwise, shall truction etc. apply to the registers of burnings directed by such regulations of registers to be kept.

and ad- missibility of extracts as evidence.

etc.

8. (1) Every person who contravenes any such regula- Penalties for tion as aforesaid, or knowingly carries out or procures or breach of takes part in the burning of any human remains, except in regulations, accordance with such regulations and the provisions of this 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,