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Responsibility of Local Government Local governments shall:
(a) Reserve appropriate tracts of land under their jurisdiction, for cemeteries subject to approval of Regional Directors concerned;
(b) Utilize judiciously grants, gifts, bequests of property or financial donations for the establishment or improvement of cemeteries; and
(c) Close cemeteries under their jurisdiction subject to approval of the Regional Director.
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