Upon issue of the “Certificate of Registration of Death” [Form 12] (commonly known as “going-out pass”) by the Joint Office, the applicant may also apply for the “Cremation Permit” [Form 3] and booking of cremation session at the same office.
Booking of Cremation Session
Self-book the cremation session
The applicant may choose to book the cremation session over the counter of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department at the Joint Office or through online booking and pay the required fee.
For booking of cremation session at the counter, payment of the required fee can be made by cash, cheque or Electronic Payment Service (EPS).
For booking of cremation session online, the applicant will be given a token. Immediately after a cremation session is secured, payment of the required fee by credit card or by Payment by Phone Service (PPS) will have to be made online. The applicant may also opt for prepayment of cremation fee at time of issue of token.
Booking of cremation session by authorised licensed undertaker or appointed person
The applicant may choose to authorise a licensed undertaker to book a cremation session and later collect the cremated ashes of the deceased on his/her behalf.
If a licensed undertaker is authorised to book a cremation session, the applicant still has to complete the “Application for Private Cremation” [FEHB 135]. The particulars of the hired licensed undertaker must be provided in the application form, which must also be stamped with the undertaker’s chop recognised by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
The applicant should go to the Cremation Booking Office of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in the Joint Office and sign the authorisation part (Section F of the application form) in front of the counter staff.
If the relative does not wish to go to the Joint Office in person for the authorisation procedure, he/she may appoint another person to wholly handle the application for cremation on his/her behalf by completing the “Declaration of Relationship with the Deceased” [FEHB 135A]. The appointed applicant may then submit the duly completed “Application for Private Cremation” [FEHB 135] together with the “Declaration of Relationship with the Deceased” [FEHB 135A] to the Cremation Booking Office of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in the Joint Office
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