ACT
(Act No. 11 of 2016)
Act 11 of 2016 .. in force 17 May 2016
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PRELIMINARY
| 1. | Short title |
| 2. | Interpretation |
| 3. | Act binds the Crown |
PART 1
BURIAL GROUNDS
Division 1
Public burial grounds
| 4. | Designation of public burial ground |
Division 2
Private burial grounds
| 5. | Restriction on private burial ground |
| 6. | Registration of existing private burial ground |
| 7. | Application for registration |
| 8. | Grant or refusal of application |
| 9. | Issue of certificate of registration |
| 10. | Validity of registration |
| 11. | Re-registration |
| 12. | Display of certificate of registration |
| 13. | Revocation of registration |
| 14. | Exemption |
Division 3
General
| 15. | Control and management of burial ground |
| 16. | Officers of burial ground |
| 17. | Closure of burial ground |
| 18. | Reopening of closed burial ground |
| 19. | Places of burial |
| 20. | Emergency burial ground |
| 21. | Offences |
PART 2
CREMATION
| 22. | Restriction on crematorium or cremation pyre site |
| 23. | Application for licence |
| 24. | Grant or refusal of application |
| 25. | Licence |
| 26. | Validity of licence |
| 27. | Renewal of licence |
| 28. | Display of licence |
| 29. | Revocation of licence |
| 30. | Closure of crematorium or cremation pyre site |
| 31. | Location of crematorium or cremation pyre site |
| 32. | Maintenance and operation |
| 33. | Restriction on cremation |
| 34. | Request for cremation |
| 35. | Grant or refusal of request |
| 36. | Human remains to be reduced to ashes |
| 37. | Disposal of ashes |
| 38. | Importation of ashes |
| 39. | Exportation of ashes |
| 40. | Register of cremations |
| 41. | Documents to be retained |
| 42. | Disposal of documents |
PART 3
MISCELLANEOUS
| 43. | Register |
| 44. | Exhumation of human remains |
| 45. | Waiver of custom duty and service charge |
| 46. | Opening hours |
| 47. | Regulations |
| 48. | Bye-laws |
| 49. | Repeal |
| 50. | Savings |
AN ACT to provide for the establishment of burial grounds, crematoriums and cremation pyre sites, regulation of burials and cremations and for related matters.
Commencement [17 May 2016]