Hong Kong Ordinances

BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 17

Issue of certificate of registration of death or of certificate of order for burial

(1) A registrar, immediately on registering any death or as soon thereafter as
he may be required to do so, shall, without any fee, deliver, either to the
person giving information concerning the death or to the undertaker or other
person having charge of the funeral, a certificate under his hand in the
prescribed form, that such death has been duly registered, and such
certificate shall be delivered by such undertaker or other person to the
officer in charge of the police station for the district where the death was
registered: (See Form 10) Provided that a coroner may order any body to be
buried or cremated, if he thinks fit, before registration of the death, and
shall in such case give a certificate of his order in writing under his hand
in the prescribed form to the relative of the deceased or other person who
causes the body to be buried or cremated or to such undertaker or other person
having charge of the funeral, and such certificate shall be delivered by the
recipient to such police officer, as aforesaid. (See Form 11) (Amended 57 of
1967 Schedule)

(2) In addition to the certificates mentioned above, any person obtaining
registration under section 14 shall be entitled at the time of registration to
receive a free certificate in the prescribed form. (See Form 12)