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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 18, 1936. 1127

No. 984.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 15 of 1935. [PUBLIC HEALTH (SANITATION)].

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 (1) (xxiv) of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, the Urban Council makes the following amendments to the by- laws under the heading "Cemeteries" contained in Schedule A to the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, with effect on and from the 1st January, 1937:-

Amendments.

(1) By-law 3 is rescinded and the following by-law is substituted therefor:

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

Every such register shall be open to inspection by any member of the public at any reasonable hour.

(2) The following additional by-law is inserted in the by-laws under the sub-heading "B. Chinese Cemeteries" immediately after by-law 21:-

21A. No monument or enclosure of land occupying an area exceeding nine square feet shall be erected or made over, upon or around any grave or urn space without the written permission of the Council, which permission may be granted on such terms as the Council thinks fit.

1936.

Made by the Urban Council this 8th day of December,

C. J. ROE,

Secretary.

Approved by the Legislative Council this 16th day of December, 1936.

A. G. CLARKE, Deputy Clerk of Councils.

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