When any burial has taken place under this Act the person so having the charge of or being responsible for such burial as aforesaid shall, on the day thereof, or the next day thereafter, transmit a certificate of such burial, in the form or to the effect of Schedule (B.) annexed to this Act, to the rector, vicar, incumbent, or other officiating minister in charge of the parish or district in which the churchyard or graveyard is situate or to which it belongs, . . . . . . F1, who shall thereupon enter such burial in the register of burials of such parish or district . . . . . . F1, and such entry shall form part thereof. Such entry, instead of stating by whom the ceremony of burial was performed, shall state by whom the same has been certified under this Act. . . . . . . F2 any rector, vicar, or minister, . . . . . . F1, receiving such certificate, who shall refuse or neglect duly to enter such burial in such register as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed except in their application to the Isles of Scilly by S.I. 1974/628
F2Words repealed by Perjury Act 1911 (c. 6), Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 10 applied by Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945 (c. 27, s. 4(3)(a)