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Public Health Act 1875
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F3Sch. III repealed by Food and Drugs Act 1938 (c. 56), Sch. 4 Pt. I
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C1Sch. V Pt. III amended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 214(7), Sch. 26 para. 17
11 & 12 Vict. c. 63. s. 83.E+W
As to interments within churches.
No vault or grave shall be constructed or made within the walls of or underneath any church or other place of public worship built in any [F7district] after the thirty-first day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; and whosoever shall bury, or cause permit or suffer to be buried, any corpse or coffin in any vault or grave constructed or made contrary to this enactment, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, which may be recovered by any person, with full costs of suit, in an action of debt. . . . F8
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F7Word substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 179(3)
F8Entry repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
24 & 25 Vict. c. 61, s. 21.E+W
Urban authorities may repair fences surrounding burial grounds.
Any urban authority . . . F9 may from time to time repair and uphold the fences surrounding any burial ground which has been discontinued as such within their jurisdiction, or take down such fences and substitute others in lieu thereof, and shall from time to time take the necessary steps for preventing the desecration of such burial ground and placing it in a proper sanitary condition; and they may from time to time pass byelaws (subject to the provisions of this Act) for the preservation and regulation of all burial grounds within their jurisdiction; and the expense of carrying this section into execution may be defrayed out of any rates authorized to be levied by any urban authority . . . F10. . . . F11 . . . F12
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F9Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F10Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F11Entries repealed by Public Health Act 1896 (c. 19), Sch., Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. I, Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), Sch. 25 and Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F12Entries relating to the Act 35 & 36 Vict. c.79 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
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