Important Dates
| Cut-off time | 8 a.m. on 18 June 2014 |
| Date when the Ordinance comes into effect and publication of the Ordinance in the Gazette / Enactment Date | 30 June 2017 |
| Grace period # | 30 June 2017 ─ 29 March 2018 or, if an application is made for a temporary suspension of liability(TSOL), until the application is finally disposed of or withdrawn |
| Starting date of receiving applications | 30 December 2017 |
| Period during which “pre-cut-off columbaria” * must submit their applications | 30 December 2017 ─ 29 March 2018 |
# A columbarium that was in operation immediately before the enactment date may continue to operate in the grace period of 9 months beginning on the enactment date, but it must not sell or new let out niches in that period. Please click here for details.
* “Pre-cut-off columbarium” means a columbarium that was in operation, and in which ashes were interred in niches, immediately before the “cut-off time”.