Cap. 18 Art. 12Removal of corpses from place of deposit to respective graves.

Where, for the reason stated in article 12(2) of the Burials

Ordinance, a corpse has been put in deposit in the place appointed by the Government for the purpose, the Superintendent of Public

Health, when the time has come for the corpse to be removed to its own grave, shall give notice thereof to any of the relations or heirs of the deceased, at his choice; and if the relation or heir fails to effect the removal of the corpse within one month from the date of such notice, it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Public Health to order its removal at the expense of the Government, and the Superintendent of Public Health shall claim reimbursement of such expense from the person to whom the notice aforesaid has been addressed, saving always the right of the latter to have the amount refunded to him by the heirs of the deceased, or, if he himself be one of the heirs, by his co-heirs.