Republic Act No. 5716: An act amending section one thousand seventy-four of act numbered twenty-seven hundred and eleven, otherwise known as the revised administrative code (restriction as to place of sepulture)

Republic Act No. 5716

An act amending section one thousand seventy-four of act numbered twenty-seven hundred and eleven, otherwise known as the revised administrative code (restriction as to place of sepulture)

An Act Amending Section One Thousand Seventy-Four of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Otherwise Known as the Revised Administrative Code (Restriction as to Place of Sepulture)

In plain language

This act amends Section 1074 of RA 2711 to establish that no burial ground or cemetery may be authorized or established within 25 meters of any dwelling-house, allows a waiver of this restriction by written permit of the Director of Health when impracticable, permits cemeteries with permanent walls to construct up to their boundaries, and bars municipalities from imposing additional restrictions on cemeteries.

No burial ground or cemetery shall be authorized or established within 25 meters of any dwelling-house.

The restriction may be waived in whole or in part by written permit of the Director of Health if compliance is impracticable.

Cemeteries with a permanent solid wall of at least two meters may construct or allow construction of tombs, vaults, mausoleums, or other repositories up to their boundaries.

Municipalities or chartered cities cannot impose additional restrictions on cemeteries.

Dwelling houses defined for the purpose do not include abandoned houses or those occupied by cemetery employees.

Revised Administrative Code

Burial

Health

Municipal restrictions

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5716, June 21, 1969 ] AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE THOUSAND SEVENTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (RE RESTRICTION AS TO PLACE OF SEPULTURE). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1

Section one thousand seventy-four of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 1074.Restriction as to place of sepulture.No burial ground or cemetery shall be authorized or established, and no place shall be used for purposes of sepulture, which shall not be at least twenty-five meters from any dwelling-house; but when compliance with this provision is impracticable the above restriction may be waived in whole or in part by written permit of the Director of Health, provided such action is compatible with the sanitary requirements of the community. Where an authorized or established cemetery has erected a permanent solid wall, at least two meters in height, along its boundary lines, said cemetery may construct or allow the construction up to its boundary lines of tombs, vaults, mausoleums, or other repositories of the dead. "Chartered cities and municipalities or municipal districts shall have no power to impose additional restrictions with regard to the place or location of any cemetery, or other burial grounds, nor shall they have the power to restrict, limit, or regulate the construction or location within the cemetery or burial grounds of tombs, vaults, mausoleums or other repositories of the dead. 058666 "Dwelling house/ as herein used, shall not include any abandoned house or houses occupied by the employees or attendants of a cemetery or otherwise properly used for purposes connected "with the care thereof.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval

Enacted without Executive approval, June 21, 1969.

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