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Burial Act 1857

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XXVBodies not to be removed from Burial Grounds, save under Faculty, without Licence of Secretary of State.

Except in the Cases where a Body is removed from one consecrated Place of Burial to another by Faculty granted by the Ordinary for that Purpose, it shall not be lawful to remove any Body, or the Remains of any Body, which may have been interred in any Place of Burial, without Licence under the Hand of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and with such Precautions as such Secretary of State may prescribe as the Condition of such Licence; and any Person who shall remove any such Body or Remains, contrary to this Enactment, or who shall neglect to observe the Precautions prescribed as the Condition of the Licence for Removal, shall, on summary Conviction before any Two Justices of the Peace, forfeit and pay for every such Offence a Sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.

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