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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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PART 2
CREMATION

22. Restriction on crematorium or cremation pyre site

(1) A person shall not establish or operate a crematorium or a cremation pyre site unless the person holds a valid licence to do so under this Act.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years.

22. Restriction on crematorium or cremation pyre site

2. Interpretation

3. Act binds the Crown

4. Designation of public burial ground

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

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

23. Application for licence

24. Grant or refusal of application

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

44. Exhumation of human remains

Cemeteries Rules

45. Waiver of custom duty and service charge

46. Opening hours

Burial and Cremation (Designation of Public Burial Ground) Notice – Section 4

47. Regulations