PART 1
CASTRIES RIVERSIDE CEMETERY
1. The Old Roman Catholic Cemetery, known as the Castries Riverside Cemetery is hereby declared to be closed under the Cemeteries Act.
2. The said Cemetery shall be under the control of the Commissioner of Police, who shall cause the same to be kept clean and in a sanitary condition.
3. (1) A human body shall not be buried in any vault without the sanction of the Governor General and—
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(a) unless 2 years shall have elapsed since the last burial of a human body in the said vault; or,
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(b) unless each coffin previously deposited in the vault shall have been separately entombed in an air-tight manner by properly cemented stone or brick work.
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(2) Every application for sanction to open a vault for the purpose of burial therein shall be made to the Commissioner of Police in writing, and shall be accompanied by a certificate under the hand of the Curé‚ of Castries stating the date of the last burial of a human body in the vault.
4. (1) Within 4 months from the date of the publication of these Rules every person claiming to be the owner of a vault shall deliver to the Commissioner of Police a statement in writing setting out his or her full name and address, the grounds of his or her claim, and the exact situation of the vault. Within 4 months of the death of such owner, his or her heirs or successors shall deliver to the Commissioner of Police a similar statement in writing.
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(2) After the expiration of the said period of 4 months no burial shall be permitted in any vault in respect of which a statement as aforesaid has not been delivered, except by special permission of the Governor General.
5. (1) The Chief Engineer shall cause to be made, and shall keep, a plan of the Cemetery upon which the situation of each vault shall be indicated; and he or she shall deliver a copy of the plan to the Commissioner of Police, who shall keep the same.
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(2) The Commissioner of Police shall also keep a register showing all such vaults numbered consecutively, the names of the respective owners of the same, the date of each burial, and the name of each person buried.
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(3) The Curé of Castries shall give to the Commissioner of Police all such information as he or she may require for the purposes of the register.
6. A person shall not open or repair any vault without the permission of the Commissioner of Police.
7. A person shall not enlarge or alter any existing vault or build any new vault.
8. (1) Where in the opinion, and on the report, of the Commissioner of Police a vault is ruinate or dilapidated, or its condition such as to make it a nuisance or dangerous to any other vault, or to public health, or otherwise, the Commissioner of Police with the approval of the Governor General may order the demolition of such vault by the registered owner, within the delay specified in the order, or such extended delay as the Commissioner of Police may consider it necessary to allow in the circumstances.
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(2) If, however, the registered owner neglects to comply with such order, or if there is no registered owner, or the registered owner cannot be found or traced in Saint Lucia, the Commissioner of Police, with the approval of the Governor General, may authorise the demolition of such vault and the disposal of its remains, without prejudice, however, to any claim for reimbursement or otherwise which may be made against the owner of such vault in respect of such demolition.
9. Every person who delivers the statement required in rule 4 hereinbefore, and every person claiming to be the owner of a vault in respect of which such a statement has been delivered, shall keep clean and in good order the vault mentioned in such statement and the immediate surroundings thereof, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Police; and no burial shall be permitted in any vault in respect of which this rule is contravened.
10. No burial shall be permitted in any vault, the ownership of which is claimed to have been acquired by purchase after the date of the publication of these Rules in the Gazette.
11. The Commissioner of Police shall furnish to the Governor General annually in the month of January, a report on the condition of the Cemetery throughout the previous calendar year with a statement of the number of burials in it which have taken place, with particulars of dates and names.