Title
Amends sepulture site restrictions, permits waiver
Law
Republic Act No. 5716
Decision Date
Jun 21, 1969
Republic Act No. 5716 amends the Revised Administrative Code to modify restrictions on burial places in the Philippines, allowing cemeteries to construct burial structures near their boundaries and prohibiting additional restrictions imposed by local authorities.
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Q&A (Republic Act No. 5716)

The minimum distance required is at least twenty-five meters.

Yes, it can be waived in whole or in part by written permit of the Director of Health, provided it is compatible with the sanitary requirements of the community.

Such cemeteries may construct or allow the construction up to its boundary lines of tombs, vaults, mausoleums, or other repositories of the dead.

No, they do not have the power to impose additional restrictions regarding the place or location of cemeteries or burial grounds.

No, they are not allowed to restrict, limit, or regulate the construction or location of tombs, vaults, mausoleums, or other repositories of the dead within cemeteries or burial grounds.

A dwelling house does 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.

It is found under Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, otherwise known as the Revised Administrative Code.

It took effect upon its approval on June 21, 1969.

It was enacted without Executive approval.

Yes, but only if a written permit is granted by the Director of Health and the action complies with sanitary requirements.


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