CENTRAL DISTRICT COUNCIL (CEMETERY) BYE-LAWS

(section 33)

(26th September, 2008)

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

    BYE-LAW

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Establishment

    4.    Application

    5.    Burials in cemetery

    6.    Permits for burials

    7.    Application for burial permits

    8.    Fees

    9.    Dimensions of grave

    10.    Body to be buried in coffin

    11.    Coffin to be covered

    12.    Graves to be numbered and burials registered

    13.    Digging of graves

    14.    Restrictions on erection of memorial works on graves

    15.    Exhumations and re-opening of graves

    16.    Restricted number of bodies in one grave

    17.    Hours of opening of cemetery

    18.    Closing of cemetery

    19.    Exercise of control by caretaker

    20.    Offences within cemetery

    21.    Penalties

        Schedules

S.I. 83, 2008.

1.    Citation

    These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Central District Council (Cemetery) Bye-Laws*.

*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.

2.    Interpretation

    In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires—

    "authorised official" means the Council Secretary or any employee of the Council duly authorised;

    "caretaker" means the person designated as such by the Council and employed under the Unified Local Government Service Act (Cap. 40:06);

    "cemetery" means any designated area established as a cemetery under bye-law 3;

    "child" means a person below the age of 10 years;

    "Council" means the Central District Council;

    "council area" means the area of jurisdiction of the Central District Council;

    "memorial work" means any gravestone, monument epitaph, tablet or monumental inscription and any work ancillary thereto; and

    "village areas" means any village area under the Central District Council.

3.    Establishment

    The Council shall establish, designate and identify areas within the jurisdiction of the Council as cemeteries.

4.    Application

    These Bye-Laws are applicable to all village areas under the jurisdiction of the Council.

5.    Burials in cemetery

    No person shall bury or cause to be buried, a body in a place other than in a cemetery.

6.    Permits for burials