with the several matters to which they relate; but it may To the Superintendent-Registrar, for the Registration of the 300 III. For Registering a substituted Chapel. (Ib. s. 19) 1. By Certificate without Licence. For entering the Marriage-Notice To the Registrar, for attending at and registering the Mar- If the parties reside in different Districts, then for an addi- 050 0 7 020 To the Registrar, for attending at and registering the Mar- 0 10 0 2 12 0 . 0 5 0 Fee to the officiating Minister This fee is payable by direction of the Conference; and a For inspecting the Marriage-Notice-Book V. For entering a Caveat against the Marriage. VI. Searches and Certified Copies. Nothing. For Searching any Register-Book over a period not exceed- For searching the Indexes at the General Register-Office in A particular search A general search Certified Copies of Entries in the Register-Book. For every Certified Copy of an Entry of a Marriage, whether . 0 2 6 SECTION THE SIXTH. PENALTIES AND PUNISHMENTS. Ir is foreign to the object of these directions to enter into the subject of Penalties and Punishments beyond what has already been stated, further than to observe, that if any persons shall knowingly and wilfully intermarry, 1. In any place other than the Chapel specified in the Notice and Certificate, or, 2. Without due Notice to the Superintendent-Registrar, or, 3. Without Certificate of Notice duly issued, or, 4. Without Licence, where a Licence is necessary, or, 5. In the absence of a Registrar or his Deputy, the marriage will be null and void. (6 & 7 W. IV. c. 85, s. 42.) And if any party to a marriage shall succeed in obtaining a valid Marriage by any wilfully false Notice, Certificate, or Declaration, the guilty party will be liable to forfeit all property accruing to him or her from the Marriage. (19 & 20 Vict. c. 119, s. 19; and see 4 Geo. IV. c. 76.) Various Penalties and Punishments proportioned to the nature of the offence are also provided by law for securing the good conduct of Officers, and preserving the integrity of the Register-Books. II. THE BURIAL LAWS AMENDMENT ACT, 1880. 43 AND 44 VICT., CH. 41. SUMMARY. 1. BURIAL Grounds. 1. The operation of this Act extends to all churchyards, cemeteries, or burial grounds in which inhabitants of any parish, ecclesiastical district or place have rights of burial, but no right of interment is given in any burial ground where such right did not exist prior to the passing of the Act. (See Note A.) 2. All regulations as to the position and making of the grave shall remain in force as to burials under this Act, and any person entitled by law to receive any fee if the burial had taken place with the Service of the Church of England shall still be so entitled. The proprietor or directors of any proprietary cemetery or burial ground may make such regulations as may be necessary for enabling any burial to take place therein according to the provisions of this Act. (See Note B.) II. NOTICE OF BURIAL. Any relative, friend, or legal representative having the charge of or being responsible for the burial of a deceased person may give notice to the Rector, Vicar, or Incumbent, or in his absence to the officiating Minister in charge of any parish, or to any person appointed by him to receive such notice, that it is intended that such deceased person shall be buried within the churchyard without the performance of the Church of England service in the manner prescribed by law. This notice must be given forty-eight hours prior to the time fixed for the interment, must be in writing, signed with the name and address of the person giving it, must be endorsed on the outside Notice of Burial,' must be given to the person entitled to receive it or left at his usual place of abode, or in the case of a cemetery vested in any Burial Board having an appointed Church of England Chaplain, must be addressed to such Chaplain, but given to or left at the office of the clerk of the Burial Board. The notice shall be in the following form, or to the like effect: I, NOTICE OF BURIAL. of , being the relative (or friend, or legal representative, as the case may be, describing the relation if a relative,) having the charge of or being responsible for the burial of A. B. of in the parish who died at on the day of day of of do hereby give you notice that it is intended by mẹ that the body of the said A. B. shall be buried within (here describe the churchyard or graveyard in which the body is to be buried,) on the at the hour of without the performance in the manner prescribed by law of the Service for the burial of the dead according to the rites of the Church of England, and I give this notice pursuant to the Burial Laws Amendment Act, 1880. To the Rector (or, as the case may be,) of III. TIME OF BURIAL. 1. No burial shall take place in any churchyard on Sunday, or on Good Friday, or Christmas Day if the Incumbent or person receiving notice of burial objects in writing, stating his reason for such objection. 2. From April 1st to October 1st the time of burial shall be between ten in the forenoon and six in the afternoon; and from October 1st to April 1st between ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, unless it shall be otherwise mutually arranged. 3. If the hour stated in the notice is inconvenient on account of some other service having been previously appointed, or on account of any bye-laws limiting the times at which burials may take place, the person receiving the notice shall (unless some other day or time shall be mutually . arranged) within twenty-four hours signify in writing at which hour of the day named in the notice such burial shall take place. This notice of the change of hour must be delivered to or left at the address or usual place of abode of the person giving the notice of burial, or at the house where the deceased person is lying. In the case of Sunday, Good Friday or Christmas Day, the Incumbent or person to whom the notice of burial is addressed may appoint the day following. 4. If no intimation of a change of hour is given, the burial shall take place in accordance with and at the time specified in the original notice. (See Note C.) IV. THE BURIAL. 1. All persons shall have free access at the time of burial to the churchyard or graveyard in which the burial shall take place. 2. The burial may take place with or without any religious service at the option of the person having charge of it, but such service must be a Christian and orderly religious service. The words 'Christian Service' include every religious service used by the Established Church of England or by any other Church, denomination, or person professing to be Christian. Any person or persons invited or authorised by the person having charge of the burial may conduct such service or take part in any religious act thereat. Burials must be conducted in a decent and orderly manner, and without obstruction. No address shall be delivered which is not part of or incidental to a religious service, and which is not otherwise permitted by any lawful authority. Any person who shall, under colour of any religious service or otherwise, 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 misdemeanour. All powers and authorities now existing by law for the preservation of order and the punishment of disorderly behaviour in any churchyard may be exercised in case of burials under this Act. V. PAUPER FUNERALS. In the case of any poor person deceased, the husband, wife or next of kin may give notice to the Guardians or to |