Hong Kong Regulations

UNDERTAKERS OF BURIALS (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS - BYLAW 10

Register

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(1) A licensed undertaker of burials shall keep a register either in the
Chinese or the English language in which shall be recorded the following
particulars-

   (a)  the name and address of the deceased;

   (b)  the age or approximate age of the deceased;

   (c)  the sex of the deceased;

   (d)  the date, place and cause of the death of the deceased;

   (e)  the date and number of the death certificate and of any permit for the
        burial, cremation, import to or removal from Hong Kong, as the case
        may be, of the remains of the deceased; (10 of 1986 s. 32(2))

   (f)  the name and address of the medical practitioner (if any) who
        certified as to the death of the deceased, and of the person signing
        any permit for burial, cremation, import to or removal from Hong Kong,
        as the case may be, of such remains;

   (g)  the manner and place in which such remains were disposed of.

(10 of 1986 s. 32(2))

(2) A licensed undertaker of burials shall cause every such register to be
open to inspection at any time by any health officer, health inspector, police
officer, member of the Council or any public officer authorized for this
purpose by the Council in writing.