YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 27, the RA National Assembly adopted in third reading the draft law on organization of funerals and operation of cemeteries and crematoriums, which was discussed during the previous 4-day session. Based on it, a cremation may be done by the written expression of will of the dead person or those who bear responsibility for the funeral. Cremation is mandatory in case of a danger to the sanitary and epidemiological situation. In such cases bodies must be cremated within two days. The burial and cremation order shall be established by the RA government. According to the draft, the burial of the dead person is to be done no sooner than 24 hours after the death. A land area of 2.5 square meters is allocated for committing the body to the ground. The maximum sixe of land to be allocated for a familiy grave must not exceed 12 square meters. It is allocated gratis, and payments are to be made in case of the land area exceeding 12 sq. m. The draft also allows a re-burial at an already existing grave with the permission of those who bear responsibility for the funeral's organization - no earlier than 15 years after the last burial.

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