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In order to do a good job in handling unclaimed corpses, in accordance with the "Regulations on the Management of Funeral and Burial" and the "Regulations on the Management of Funeral and Burial in Guangzhou", the "Measures for the Treatment of Unclaimed Dead in Guangzhou" were formulated. The "Measures" were issued on February 29, 2012 by the General Office of Guangzhou Municipal People's Government as Suifu Office [2012] No. 10. There are 16 Measures, which will take effect on April 1, 2012, and are valid for 5 years. The General Office of the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality issued the "Notice on Disposal of Unclaimed Corpses" (Suifu Office [2004] No. 52) and it shall be abolished.

Measures for Unclaimed Corpses in Guangzhou

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In order to do a good job in handling unclaimed corpses, in accordance with the "Regulations on the Management of Funeral and Burial" and the "Regulations on the Management of Funeral and Burial in Guangzhou", the "Measures for the Treatment of Unclaimed Dead in Guangzhou" were formulated. The "Measures" were issued on February 29, 2012 by the General Office of Guangzhou Municipal People's Government as Suifu Office [2012] No. 10. There are 16 Measures, which will take effect on April 1, 2012, and are valid for 5 years. The General Office of the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality issued the "Notice on Disposal of Unclaimed Corpses" (Suifu Office [2004] No. 52) and it shall be abolished.

Chinese name

Measures for Unclaimed Corpses in Guangzhou

Foreign name

Measures of Guangzhou Municipality for the treatment of the dead bodies.

Related Literature

Funeral Administration Regulations

Time

February 29, 2012

Place

Guangzhou City

Notice of the General Office of the People's Government of Guangzhou City on Printing and Distributing the Measures for the Unclaimed Corpses in Guangzhou

Suifu Office [2012] No. 10

District and county-level people's governments, municipal government departments, and agencies directly under:

The "Measures for Handling Unclaimed Corpses in Guangzhou City" has been approved and distributed to you by the Municipal People's Government. Please implement them carefully. Any problems encountered in the implementation should be reported to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Guangzhou Municipal Government Office

February 29, 2012

Article 1 In order to do a good job in handling unclaimed corpses in our city, these measures are formulated in accordance with the "Regulations on the Management of Funeral and Burial" and the "Regulations on the Management of Funeral and Burial in Guangzhou", combined with the actual situation of our city.

Article 2 The "unclaimed corpse" mentioned in these measures refers to the following two situations that occur in the administrative area of this city, and no family members or units have gone through the formalities for them at the end of the announcement period:

(1) a body with unknown name or identity;

(2) The corpse whose name and identity are clear, but whose family members and units have not completed the funeral formalities in the funeral home within 15 days of the anticorrosion period.

Article 3 The corpse of a person who normally dies in a hospital shall be issued with a Medical Certificate of Death. If the name is unknown and the identity is unknown, the hospital shall notify the district, county-level city public security agency where the hospital is located to take pictures, register, and record; If the abnormal death or the health department cannot determine whether it is a normal death, the hospital shall notify the district, county-level city public security agency where the hospital is located to conduct inspection, identification, photographing, registration, and issue a "death medical certificate".

Article 4 The bodies of persons who died outside the hospital shall be inspected, identified, photographed, registered and collected by public security organs, and a "Medical Certificate of Death" shall be issued.

Article 5 The "Medical Certificate of Death" shall be completed in accordance with the regulations. The name and identity of the deceased and whether it is an abnormal death shall be filled in clearly. If the name is unknown, the identity is unknown or the name and identity are clear, but the family members give up the on-site claim. Yes, it should be noted.

Article 6 Funeral parlours shall collect and transport corpses with the Medical Certificate of Death.

Article 7 For corpses that need to be retained due to the circumstances of the case, the public security organ shall indicate the anticorrosion period when issuing the "Medical Certificate of Death", and the anticorrosion period shall generally not exceed 15 days. If the preservation needs to be continued after the expiration of the anticorrosion period, the public security organ shall complete the extension procedure before the expiration of the anticorrosion period.

Article 8 The unclaimed body shall be announced by the civil affairs department on the public service network of the department and the bulletin board of the funeral parlour. If no one is claimed within 60 days from the date of the announcement, the funeral parlor may dispose of the body.

Article 9 During the anticorrosion period or the announcement period, if an unclaimed corpse died abnormally, if any family members or units claim it, they should go to the funeral parlour with the letter of introduction issued by the public security organ to go through the formalities of claiming the identity; The public security organ shall investigate and verify the dead body and notify the family members to claim it.

Article 10 Under any of the following circumstances, no announcement is required, and the funeral home may dispose of the corpse in accordance with regulations:

(1) The family member waives the claim in writing;

(2) The corpse has experienced symptoms such as swelling, rancid odor, tongue swelling and eye protrusion;

(3) The public security organ signs the opinion and confirms that it is unclaimed;

(4) The relevant laws and regulations require immediate cremation.

Article 11 After the cremation of an unclaimed body, the ashes are retained for 3 months from the date of cremation. If any family members or units claim the ashes during the ashes retention period, the claimant shall be responsible for the handling costs. If the ashes remain unclaimed after the expiration period, the ashes should be handled by the funeral home.

Article 12 The unclaimed corpses of 10 ethnic minorities including Hui, Uygur, Kazakh, Dongxiang, Kirgiz, Sarah, Tajik, Uzbek, Baoan, Tatar, etc. with burial customs shall be subject to the relevant ethnic policies by the civil affairs department in conjunction with the ethnic and religious departments deal with.

Article 13 Unclaimed bodies involving foreign affairs, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan shall be handled by the civil affairs department in conjunction with foreign affairs, Taiwan and other departments in accordance with relevant policies.

Article 14 If an unknown name or unidentified body found in the administrative area of this Municipality remains unclaimed after the announcement, the funeral and announcement fees shall be approved by the civil affairs departments at all levels and reported to the financial department at the same level.

The handling costs of unclaimed bodies that have died as a result of traffic accidents or criminal cases shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

Article 15: Civil affairs, public security, health, finance, foreign affairs, Taiwan, ethnic and religious departments, and their staff members who violate one of the following acts shall be held accountable according to law:

(1) It shall be handled by its own unit but not deferred;

(2) deliberately delaying the processing and causing adverse effects;

(3) Other acts of negligence.

Article 16 These Measures shall come into effect on April 1, 2012, with a validity period of 5 years. If the policies and regulations based on them change or the validity period expires, they shall be evaluated and revised according to the actual situation.

From the date of the implementation of these measures, the Notice on Printing and Distributing Measures for Unclaimed Corpses issued by the General Office of the Municipal Government (Suifu Office [2004] No. 52) shall be abolished at the same time. ^[1]