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Section 18 Burial of deceased children as still-born.

England and Wales

A person shall not wilfully bury or procure to be buried the body of any deceased child as if it were still-born.

A person who has control over or ordinarily buries bodies in any burial ground shall not permit to be buried in such burial ground the body of any deceased child as if it were still-born, . . . F1

Any person who acts in contravention of this section shall be liable F2on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words repealed by Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 (c. 48), Sch. 2

F2

Words in s. 18 substituted (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I para.7.