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Register of Burials
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A proper Register of Burials shall be kept at all times in some convenient place at or near the cemetery, the cemeteries office or at the place of residence of the Cemetery Caretaker and shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times; but no person, except the person having the care and management of the cemetery, shall be permitted to write in the Register of Burials save as hereinafter mentioned.
A printed copy of these Bye Laws shall be kept affixed to the Register of Burials at all times.
Entries in Register:
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Before the interment of any person or their cremated remains in a cemetery, or before admission into such place of reception as aforesaid, the Caretaker or Cemetery Manager shall, after due enquiry as to the facts from some relative of the deceased, or from the person having the direction and management of the interment, cause an entry to be made in the Register, in plain and legible characters, under its proper headings, and in numerical order, of the first name and surname, time of death, sex, age, religious persuasion, and occupation or rank in life of the deceased, together with his or her last place of residence, and condition, as whether "married", "single", "divorced", "separated", "widower"/"widow", “partner” or "the child of -", or such other information as would adequately identify the remains.
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After the interment due entry shall be made under its proper heading of the distinctive mark of the grave; and the signature of the person having the management of the interment shall be affixed in the last column but one, in token of the accuracy of the aforegoing statements; and such signature shall be attested by the signature of the Caretaker, or where applicable, the Cemetery Manager in the last column.
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Any such person wilfully refusing to give to the Caretaker or where applicable, the Cemetery Manager information as to the matters aforesaid, or to affix his signature as aforesaid, shall be in breach of these Bye Laws.
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