BK 4
[Subsidiary]
Size of grave covering and restriction on interments. L.N. 79/79. (Cap. 14)
Monuments and headstones, etc. L.N. 79/79.
CAP. 132] Public Cemeteries (Urban Council) By-laws [1986 Ed.
7A. (1) No person shall, over a grave opening in a public cemetery, construct any covering the length or width of which exceeds the following dimensions-
(a) in the case of a grave for the interment of skeletal human remains resulting from exhumation (except where sub-paragraph (b) applies) or of ashes after cremation, a length and width of 900 mm each;
(b) in the case of a grave in which human remains are re-interred after exhumation under section 18 of the Coroners Ordinance, the dimensions of that grave before the exhumation;
(c) in the case of any other grave, a length of 2400 mm and a width of 900 mm.
(2) No person shall be entitled to have allocated more than one grave space for one set of human remains, and, save with the consent in writing of the Director, not more than one set of human remains shall be interred in one grave space.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the size of a grave space shall be such as is permitted by the Director in pursuance of his policy for the time being for the cemetery in question.
8. (1) Save with the consent in writing of the Director and in accordance with any conditions or restrictions which he may impose on the grant thereof, no person shall, in any public cemetery, erect a monument, other than a headstone or tablet, upon any grave, or make any railing, fence or enclosure round or enclosing any grave space, or plant thereat any tree or shrub.
(1A) No person shall, in any public cemetery, erect any monument, headstone or tablet which exceeds the following dimensions, and the Director shall not under paragraph (1) give his consent to any such monument-
(a) in the case of a monument erected over a grave referred to in by-law 7A(1)(a), a length and width of 900 mm each and a height of 1500 mm;
(b) in the case of a monument erected over a grave referred to in by-law 7A(1)(b), a length and width of 900 mm each and a height of 1500 mm or the dimensions of the monument lawfully erected over the grave before the exhumation (whichever is the greater);
(c) in the case of a monument erected over any other grave, a length of 1800 mm, a width of 900 mm and a height of 1800 mm;
(d) in the case of a headstone or tablet, a width of 900 mm, a thickness of 150 mm and a height of 1500 mm.
BK 4
[Subsidiary]
Size of grave covering and
restriction on interments. L.N. 79/79.
(Cap. 14)
Monuments and headstones, etc.
L.N. 79/79.
CAP. 132] Public Cemeteries (Urban Council) By-laws [1986 Ed.
7A. (1) No person shall, over a grave opening in a public cemetery, construct any covering the length or width of which exceeds the following dimensions-
(a) in the case of a grave for the interment of skeletal human remains resulting from exhumation (except where sub- paragraph (b) applies) or of ashes after cremation, a length and width of 900 mm each;
(b) in the case of a grave in which human remains are re-interred after exhumation under section 18 of the Coroners Ordinance, the dimensions of that grave before the exhumation;
(c) in the case of any other grave, a length of 2 400 mm and a
width of 900 mm.
(2) No person shall be entitled to have allocated more than one grave space for one set of human remains, and, save with the consent in writing of the Director, not more than one set of human remains shall be interred in one grave space.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the size of a grave space shall be such as is permitted by the Director in pursuance of his policy for the time being for the cemetery in question.
8. (1) Save with the consent in writing of the Director and in accordance with any conditions or restrictions which he may impose on the grant thereof, no person shall, in any public cemetery, erect a monument, other than a headstone or tablet, upon any grave, or make any railing, fence or enclosure round or enclosing any grave space, or plant thereat any tree or shrub.
(1A) No person shall, in any public cemetery, erect any monument, headstone or tablet which exceeds the following dimen- sions, and the Director shall not under paragraph (1) give his consent to any such monument-
(a) in the case of a monument erected over a grave referred to in by-law 7A(1)(a), a length and width of 900 mm each and a height of 1 500 mm;
(b) in the case of a monument erected over a grave referred to in by-law 7A(1)(b), a length and width of 900 mm each and a height of 1 500 mm or the dimensions of the monument lawfully erected over the grave before the exhumation (whichever is the greater);
(c) in the case of a monument erected over any other grave, a length of 1 800 mm, a width of 900 mm and a height of 1 800 mm;
(d) in the case of a headstone or tablet, a width of 900 mm, a
thickness of 150 mm and a height of 1 500 mm.
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