Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Burial Laws. |
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| Citation | 43 & 44 Vict c 41 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales and the Channel Islands |
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| Royal assent | 7 September 1880 |
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Status: Amended
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| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict c 41) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is one of the Burial Acts 1852 to 1885.
This Act is excluded by section 4 of the Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945.
For the construction of references in this Act to a "parish" or "burial board", in the application of this Act to Greater London, see section 44(4) of the London Government Act 1963.
From 1882 to 1961, this Act was applied by section 3 of the Interments (felo de se) Act 1882.
The preamble was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.
This section reads:
All burials under this Act, whether with or without a religious service, shall be conducted in a decent and orderly manner; and every person guilty of any riotous, violent, or indecent behaviour at any burial under this Act, or wilfully obstructing such burial or any such service as aforesaid thereat, or who shall, in any such churchyard or graveyard as aforesaid, deliver any address, not being part of or incidental to a religious service permitted by this Act, and not otherwise permitted by any lawful authority, or who shall, under colour of any religious service or otherwise, in any such churchyard or graveyard, wilfully endeavour to bring into contempt or obloquy the Christian religion, or the belief or worship of any church or denomination of Christians, or the members or any minister of any such church or denomination, or any other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
"Riotous"
See sections 10(3) and (4) of the Public Order Act 1986.
Sentence
A person guilty of this offence is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
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