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                                 TITLE 9
                              BURIAL GROUNDS

     Chapter
        1.  General Provisions
        2.  (Reserved)
        3.  Regulation of Cemetery Companies

        Enactment.  Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 9
     were added November 15, 1972, P.L.1063, No.271, effective in 90
     days.

                                CHAPTER 1
                            GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Sec.
     101.  Definitions.

        Enactment.  Chapter 1 was added November 15, 1972, P.L.1063,
     No.271, effective in 90 days.
     § 101.  Definitions.
        Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
     provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
     chapters or other provisions of this title, the following words
     and phrases when used in this title shall have, unless the
     context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them
     in this section:
        "Cemetery."  A place for the disposal or burial of deceased
     human beings, by cremation or in a grave, mausoleum, vault,
     columbarium or other receptacle, but the term does not include a
     private family cemetery.
        "Cemetery company."  Any person who offers or sells to the
     public the ownership, or the right to use, any cemetery lot.
        "Department."  The Department of State acting through the
     Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs.
        "Institutional trustee."  Any bank and trust company, trust
     company or national banking association having fiduciary powers.
        "Lot."  Includes a lot, plot or part of a cemetery.
        "Permanent lot care fund."  The permanent lot care fund
     required by the provisions of Chapter 3 of this title (relating
     to regulation of cemetery companies).
        "Qualified trustee."  An institutional trustee or an
     incorporated cemetery company when acting pursuant to the
     authority conferred by section 309 of this title (relating to
     incorporated cemetery company as qualified trustee).

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