[Public Health Enactments,1914-25].

  • Johor
Date:
[1914-1925]
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Credit: [Public Health Enactments,1914-25]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 The digging of all graves shall be under the supervision of the c.iretaker who shall see that every grave is properly dug to a depth of at least five feet. j uu^ lu a 12 To interment shall take place except in the presence of the caretaker, and with the permission of the manager which mav be conveyed through the caretaker, who, if unable to be present shall appomt a qualified deputy. 13. All burial grounds shall be open to inspection at any time by any officer of the Government authorised by the State Secretary to inspect the same. 14. Every burial ground shall be fenced in or otherwise closed ahd kept in decent and proper order. 15. The manager shall, upon receipt of a notice in writing from the Collector ot Land Revenue forthwith fence in, enclose, clear or trim the ixirial ground under his control. 16. Should he fail to make a commencement to carry out the work specified in such notice within 15 days of the day on which the notice was served on him, or to complete the said work witliin a period to be stated in the notice, the Collector of Land Revenue may carry out the work and shall recover the cost thereof from the manager. 17. All orders issued under the Enactment or any rules made thereunder shall be signed by the authority making the order or some other duly authorised officer and shall be served on the manager, who shall be responsible for their being carried out. 18. The manager shall at any time during reasonable hours allow the register of burials to be searched in his presence or that of the caretaker after receipt of a fee of $l, and shall, if required, give a certified copy of any entry after receipt of a further fee of$l. 19. Any person committing a breach of these rules shall be liable, upon conviction before a Magistrate, to fine which may amount to $25. SCHEDULE A. Burial Ground Licence. of having satisfied the Collector of Land Revenue that he is the proper person to have control or charge of the land specified in the Schedule hereto is hereby licensed to use the said land as a place of interment for subject to the provisions of The Burials Enactment, 1919, and of the rules made by His Highness the Sultan in Council under section 13 thereof. 19...- Collector of Land Rei^cnuc. DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND.