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to cease after commencement of Ordinance.
Surveyor General to amend register.
Burial not to take place after commencement of Ordinance.
The Mussulman community to have
free access to the old cemetery and to the monuments and gravestones.
Remains of any body buried in the cemetery
may be
removed to the new cemetery.
Commencement of Ordinance.
ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1867.
Mahomedan Cemetery.
Jumma and the Mussulman community in Hongkong in the said piece or parcel of ground granted by the said indenture of the tenth day of October, 1858, and described in the schedule hereto, and hereinafter called the "Old Cemetery," shall absolutely cease and determine and the said indenture shall become null and void as if the same had never been
made.
2. The Surveyor General shall amend the register in the presence and under the direction of the Colonial Secretary by cancelling therein all matter in any way concerning or relating to the said premises comprised in the said indenture.
3. From and after the commencement of this Ordinance it shall not be lawful to bury the dead in any part of the old cemetery, and every person who shall after such time as aforesaid bury any body or in anywise act or assist in the burial of any body contrary to this enactment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $100 or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months.
4. The Mussulman community of Hongkong shall continue to have free access to the old cemetery and to the monuments and gravestones therein which (except under the provision in that behalf hereinafter contained) shall not be disturbed or removed; Provided nevertheless that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make, alter and revoke any by-laws or rules and regulations which may be deemed expedient for the preservation and security of the said cemetery and for permitting or restricting access thereto and also for the punishment of persons violating such by-laws, rules and regulations.
5. The remains of any body buried in the old cemetery and any monument or gravestone therein may be removed upon application to and by leave of the Governor in Council.
6. This Ordinance shall come into force on such day as shall hereafter be fixed by proclamation under the hand of the Governor.
SCHEDULE.
All that piece or parcel of ground situate, lying and being in the sub-district of Victoria called Sei-Ying-Poon in this Colony, abutting on the North side thereof on Bonham Road and measuring thereon three hundred feet; on the South side thereof on ground now in the possession of Government and measuring thereon three hundred and fifty feet; on the East side thereof on ground now in the possession of Government and
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to cease after commence- ment of Ordinance.
Surveyor General to amend regis ter.
Burial not to take place after commen- cement of Ordinance.
The Mussul- man commu- nity to have
free access to the old ceme- tery and to the monu- mnents and gravestones.
Remains of any body buried in the
cemetery
may be
removed to the new cemetery.
Commence.
ment of Ordinance.
ORDINANCE No. 8 or 1867.
Mahomedan Cemetery.
Jumma and the Mussulman community in Hongkong in the said piece or parcel of ground granted by the said indenture of the tenth day of October, 1858, and described in the schedule hereto, and hereinafter called the "Old Cemetery," shall absolutely cease and determine and the said indenture shall become null and void as if the same had never been made. 2. The Surveyor General shall amend the register in the presence and under the direction of the Colonial Secretary by cancelling therein all matter in any way concerning or relating to the said premises. comprised in the said indenture.
3. From and after the commencement of this Ordinance it shall not be lawful to bury the dead in any part of the old cemetery, and every person who shall after such time as aforesaid bury any body or in anywise act or assist in the burial of any body contrary to this enactment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $100 or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months.
4. The Mussulman community of Hongkong shall continue to have free access to the old cemetery and to the monuments and gravestones therein which (except under the provision in that behalf hereinafter contained) shall not be disturbed or removed; Provided nevertheless that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make alter and revoke any by-laws or rules and regulations which may be deemed expedient for the preservation and security of the said cemetery and for permitting or restricting access thereto and also for the punish- ment of persons violating such by-laws, rules and regulations.
5. The remains of any body buried in the old cemetery and any monument or gravestone therein may be removed upon application to and by leave of the Governor in Council.
6. This Ordinance shall come into force on such day as shall here- after be fixed by proclamation under the hand of the Governor.
SCHEDULE.
All that piece or parcel of ground situate lying and being in the sub-district of Victoria called Sei-Ying-Poon in this Colony abutting on the North side thereof on Bonham Road and measuring thereon three hundred feet; on the South side thereof on ground now in the possession of Government and measuring thereon three hundred and fifty feet, on the East side thereof on ground now in the possession of Government and
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