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Burial Act 1857
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XXVIBurial Boards may in certain Cases purchase Cemeteries which have been closed.
Where any Cemetery in ,which Burials have, by Order in Council, under' the herein-before recited Acts or any of them, been ordered to be discontinued, is adjoining or near to any Land appropriated or about to be appropriated by any Burial Board for the Purposes of a Burial Ground, and appears to such Board eligible for the Purpose of appropriating or erecting Buildings for or making Approaches to such Burial Ground, it shall be lawful for such Board, with the Approval of the Vestry or respective Vestries, to purchase such Cemetery; and where in the like Case any Cemetery has been so purchased before the passing of this Act, the Purchase thereof shall be deemed to have been lawful: Provided always, that, notwithstanding such Purchase, such Order in Council shall remain in full Force and Effect in relation to such Cemetery.
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