jhbcityparks.com Cemetery Procedures : Johannesburg City Parks

Organisation : Johannesburg City Parks
Facility : Cemetery Procedures
Location : Johannesburg

Website : http://www.jhbcityparks.com/index.php/cemeteries-contents-61/procedures-contents-63

Cemetery Procedures :

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** Johannesburg City Parks is responsible for the management and upkeep of 35 cemeteries in the greater Johannesburg area.

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Procedures :
** While the authorities responsible for cremation and exhumation follow certain recognised procedures, there are also complex regulations and permissions in place that must be followed.
** In the case of cremation, it is often best to rely on an experienced funeral director to guide you through the process. Here is a guide to what you need to know.

Exhumation costs :
The following costs are involved with regard to the exhumation process :
** cemetery administrative charges
** costs incurred by council in the case of a pauper´s burial
** the appointed funeral undertaker’s charges
** new burial costs

What happens to the original grave?
** In the case of a pauper, the grave remains the property of the council.
** With a normal burial, the grave remains the property of the family member who obtained the rights to the grave.
** This grave can be re-used at a later stage or even sold.

Exhumation procedure :
The following procedure must be followed when applying for an exhumation :
1. Permission must be obtained from the office of the Minister Development and Planning, Gauteng Provincial Government. Physical address: Corner Commissioner and Sauer streets, Johannesburg.
Postal address :
Private Bag X085,
Marshalltown, 2107
Telephone: (011) 355-5023

2. Permission must be obtained from the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health.
Physical address :
37 Sauer Street,
Johannesburg

Postal address :
Private Bag X86,
Marshalltown, 2107
Telephone: (011) 335-3497

3. Permission must obtained from the Medical Officer of Health: Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. Contact the Manager for Cemeteries and Crematoria.
Physical address :
City Parks House,
40 De Korte Street,
Braamfontein
Telephone: (011) 712-6600

4. With pauper exhumation, a fee which depends on when the deceased was buried is payable at the metropolitan centre. This fee is in lieu of charges incurred by the council for initially burying the deceased.

5. A fee is payable at the office of the cemetery where the exhumation is to take place.
6. The Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council’s Medical Officer of Health requires a certified copy of the deceased’s death certificate when application for the exhumation is made.
7. Application must be made at the nearest police station seven days before the exhumation in order to have a police officer present at the grave when the exhumation takes place.

8. All conditions, as stipulated by the above authorities, must be strictly adhered to before any exhumation will be allowed in terms of the Removal of Graves and Dead Bodies Ordinance, 1925 (Ordinance 7 of 1925).

9. A reference number for payment of a fee is obtainable from the central Cemetery Booking Office.

Booking deadlines :
Reopening and cremations :
Monday to Thursday: Two working days’ notice and payment by 12 noon one day prior
Friday to Sunday: Payment by Wednesday 12 noon

New graves :
Monday to Thursday: One working day’s notice and payment by 12 noon one day prior
Friday to Sunday: Payment by Thursday 12 noon