Are there any clear legal provisions for old rural cemeteries?
Promote the use of ashes storage and other methods that do not occupy or occupy less land to handle ashes.
According to Article 5 of the "Funeral Management Regulations": In areas where cremation is practiced, the state advocates the use of ashes storage and other methods that do not occupy or occupy less land. The people's governments at the county level and the people's governments of districted cities and autonomous prefectures shall formulate specific plans for the implementation of cremation, and include the construction and renovation of funeral parlors, crematoria, and ashes halls into urban and rural construction plans and capital construction plans.
In areas where burials are allowed, the people's governments at the county level and the people's governments of districted cities and autonomous prefectures should incorporate cemetery construction into urban and rural construction plans. Respect the funeral customs of ethnic minorities; if you voluntarily reform the funeral customs, others shall not interfere.
Extended information:
Relevant requirements for cemeteries:
1. The people's government departments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall work according to the funeral work planning and funeral plans of their respective administrative regions. If necessary, propose the quantity and layout planning of funeral facilities such as funeral parlors, crematoriums, columbariums, cemeteries, and funeral service stations, and submit them to the people's government at the same level for approval.
2. No unit or individual may build funeral facilities without approval. Public welfare cemeteries in rural areas shall not provide grave space for persons other than villagers. It is prohibited to establish or restore clan cemeteries.
3. Strictly limit the area and service life of cemetery tombs. If earth burial or ashes are allowed to be buried according to the plan, the area and service life of the grave for burial of the remains or ashes shall be determined by the people's government of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government in accordance with the principle of saving land and not occupying cultivated land.
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