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Burial Act 1857

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XVPersons wilfully destroying, &c. Register Book of Burials guilty of Felony.

That every Person who shall wilfully destroy or injure, or cause to be destroyed or injured, any Register Book of Burials, kept according to the Provisions of this Act, or any Part or certified Copy of any Part of such Register, or shall falsely make or counterfeit, or cause to be falsely made or counterfeited, any Part of any such Register or certified Copy thereof, or shall wilfully insert or cause to be inserted in any Registry Book or certified Copy thereof any false Entry of any Burial, or shall wilfully give any false Certificate, or shall certify any Writing to be a Copy or Extract of any such Register Book, knowing the same to be false in any Part thereof, or shall forge or counterfeit the Seal of any Burial Board, shall be guilty of Felony.

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