CITY OF FRANCISTOWN COUNCIL (CEMETERY) BYE-LAWS

(under regulations 34 and 35)

(1st September, 1972)

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

    BYE-LAW

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Establishment of cemeteries

    4.    Burials in cemetery

    5.    Permit for burials

    6.    Burial fees

    7.    Dimensions of graves

    8.    Body to be buried in coffin

    9.    Covering of coffin or body

    10.    Graves to be numbered and burials registered

    11.    Memorial work

    12.    Exhumations and reopenings

    13.    Restricted number of burials in one grave

    14.    Hours of opening of cemetery

    15.    Closing of cemetery

    16.    Exercise of control by caretaker

    17.    Offences within a cemetery

    18.    Penalties

        First Schedule - List of Cemeteries

        Second Schedule - Burial Permit (Sesupo Sa Phitlho)

S.I. 63, 1972,
S.I. 111, 2019.

1.    Citation

    These Bye-laws may be cited as the City of Francistown 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*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.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—

    "adult" means a person other than a child;

    "caretaker" means any person so designated by the council;

    "cemetery" means a cemetery established under the provisions of bye-law 3;

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

    "council" means the City of Francistown Council;

    "council area" means the area of jurisdiction of the City of Francistown Council;

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

    "City Clerk" means the City Clerk of Francistown.

3.    Establishment of cemeteries

    The areas of land defined in the First Schedule are established as cemeteries for the purposes of these Bye-laws.

4.    Burial in cemetery