ADDOLORATA CEMETERY [ S.L.10.04 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 10.04
ADDOLORATA CEMETERY REGULATIONS
29th April, 1910;
11th February, 1916;
9th November, 1933
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 107 of 1910, as amended by Act XIII of 1983,
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 29 of 1916, as amended by Act XIII of 1983, and
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 467 of 1933, as amended by Government Notice
167 of 1935, consolidated.
Preliminary
Title .
Regulations.
Cemetery regulations
Opening hours of 
cemetery.
Amended by:
G.N. 167 of 1935.
2. The Addolorata Cemetery shall be open to the public on
any day from 7.00a.m to noon and from 2.00p.m to sunset; no
interments shall take place out of these hours and no person shall
be allowed to enter or remain in the cemetery except for urgent
reasons.
Prohibition of 
vehicles.
3. No vehicle shall be allowed to enter the cemetery except
the hearse, the parish priest’s vehicle, and other vehicles carrying
materials for use in the cemetery; in special cases the
Superintendent of Public Health or the Capuchin Father in charge
may grant permission for visiting the cemetery in a conveyance. 
Works or repairs.
with graves and chapels shall be allowed between the 20th of
October and the 10th of November of each year.
Prohibitions.
arms in the cemetery: provided that the latter prohibition shall not
apply in the case of funerals of members of the Armed Forces of
Malta. 
Watching of corpses
Watching of 
corpses.
6. Corpses which are conveyed to the cemetery before the
lapse of twenty-four hours from death shall be kept in the mortuary
annexed to the cemetery and shall be watched by a person duly
approved by the Superintendent of Public Health.
Fee payable.
Amended by:
XIII.1983.5.
Cap. 10.
7. A fee of twelve cents five mills for such watch shall be
charged on application for the permission referred to in article 143
of the Code of Police Laws.
Removal of corpses
Removal of 
corpses.
8. Except in cases of absolute necessity, the removal of
corpses from graves to the charnel-house in the cemetery shall take
place during the first seven days of any of the months of January,
April, July or October, during such hours as shall be fixed by the
Superintendent of Public Health.
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Fee for 
supervision.
Amended by:
XIII.1983.5.
9. The removals referred to in regulation 8 of these
Regulations shall be carried out under the supervision of an officer
appointed by the Superintendent of Public Health; and a fee of five
cents shall be charged for such supervision if the removal is
effected on the days specified in regulation 8, and of twenty cents
on other days.
Persons appointed 
for removal.
Amended by:
XIII.1983.5.
10. No persons other than those appointed by the
Superintendent of Public Health shall be employed in carrying out
any such removal, and a fee of twenty cents shall be charged for
such service.
Single fee. 11. A single fee for supervision shall be charged collectively
on all removals taking place during the same day.
