Hong Kong Ordinances

CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERIES ORDINANCE - SECT 8

Power of the Board to make rules

(1) The Board may make rules to govern-

   (a)  the conduct of the internal affairs of the Board; and

   (b)  the management and use of any Chinese Permanent Cemetery.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), such rules may-

   (a)  lay down a scale of fees to be charged on the grant to any person of a
        right to use or designate a grave space for the burial of himself or
        any member of his family;

   (b)  regulate the manner of burial and the forms of burial service,
        ceremonies or rites to be performed in commemoration of the dead;

   (c)  regulate the dimensions, allocation and use or reservation of grave
        spaces;

   (d)  provide for the termination and cancellation of any right referred to
        in paragraph (a); and

   (e)  provide for the disinterment and removal of human remains.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to empower the Board to make
any rule-

   (a)  which derogates from any of the provisions of any by-laws or
        regulations made pursuant to any of the provisions of the
        Public Health  and Municipal Services Ordinance ( Cap 132) which
        relate to the control of private cemeteries within the meaning of that
        Ordinance; or (Amended 10 of 1986 s. 32(1))

   (b)  the contravention of which shall constitute a criminal offence by any
        person.