Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

34.   Request for cremation

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    (1)   A licensee may have any human remains cremated where a request is made by —

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      (a)     an administrator or executor of the estate of the deceased;

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      (b)     a person entitled to apply for letters of administration or probate in the estate of the deceased;

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      (c)     the spouse of the deceased.

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    (2)   A request under subsection (1) must be —

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      (a)     in the prescribed form;

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      (b)     accompanied by —

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        (i)     an Authority to Proceed Certificate issued by the Commissioner of Police,

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        (ii)     a certificate of death in respect of the human remains issued by the District Registrar in accordance with the Civil Status Act, Cap. 4.02,

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        (iii)     where the death occurred outside Saint Lucia, a certificate of death issued by the civil authority of the place where the death occurred.