Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
Regulation 9
Duties of owner of private cemetery
The owner of a private cemetery shall ensure that —
the cemetery is used for no other purpose than the burial of corpses;
no grave contains more than one corpse;
adequate measures are taken to prevent any offence under the Vandalism Act (Cap. 341) from being committed within the cemetery;
no burial is carried out within the cemetery between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. without the written permission of the Director-General;
a caretaker of the cemetery is present at the cemetery whenever a burial is being carried out;
the public has proper and free access to all parts of the cemetery at all times;
the burial ground of the cemetery does not have any structure which was built without the permission of the Director-General and that no person is in possession or occupation of the burial ground or a part thereof without the permission of the Director-General;
the cemetery is kept clean and free of noxious odours, smoke, fumes and rank vegetation; and
the cemetery is not used for the dumping of rubbish or the storage of materials.