Local Government Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Dec 2012 · Part XI · Burial Places, Crematoria and Exhumation
99. Keeping of registers
Feedback & supportThe owner, trustee or person in charge of every burial ground and crematorium shall keep or cause to be kept a register in which shall be entered the name, sex, age, religion, residence and, as far as possible, the cause of death of every person whose body is brought to such burial ground or crematorium and shall permit the local authority or any officer duly appointed by it to inspect such register and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom.
Any person who, being the owner, trustee or person in charge of any burial ground or crematorium—
omits to enter the above particulars referring to any person whose body is brought there;
does not show such register to the local authority or its duly appointed officer;
prevents the making of copies or extracts; or
falsifies such register,
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shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.