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MPUMALANGA PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
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Mpumalanga Cemeteries, Crematoria and Exhumation of Bodies Act, No. 8 of 2005

Long title

To provide for the establishment and operation of cemeteries; to provide for the establishment and the maintenance of crematoria; to provide for the exhumations of bodies and to provide for the prohibition of desecration and destruction of graves to repeal certain laws which have become obsolete; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

Table of contents
SECTION TITLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1. INTERPRETATION
1. Definitions

PART 2. INTERPRETATION
2. Establishment of cemetery
3. Permission for burial of persons
4. Restrictions on burial of persons

PART 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF CREMATORIA
5. Establishment and maintenance of crematorium
6. Conditions for establishment of crematorium
7. Site of crematorium
8. Appointment and powers of inspector
9. Routine inspection of crematorium
10. Entry and search of crematorium with warrant
11. Entry and search of crematorium without warrant
12. Closing of crematorium

PART 4. EXHUMATIONS AND REMOVAL OF GRAVES
13. Prohibition of desecration, destruction or damage to graves
14. Exhumation of bodies

PART 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS
15. Regulations and by-laws
16. Offences and penalties
17. Transitional arrangements
18. Repeal of laws and savings
19. Short title and commencement
Sch. SCHEDULE. REPEAL OF LAWS
 
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