{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/16-17/48",
  "legislation_title": "Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prohibition of removal of body out of England without notice.",
  "text": "The body of a deceased person shall not be removed out of England until the expiration of the prescribed period after notice of the removal has been given to the senior coroner in whose area the body is situated, or otherwise than in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed, and any person contravening the provisions of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 4 substituted (25.7.2013) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 3 (with s. 180); S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(o)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 4 excluded by Visiting Forces Act 1952 (c. 67), s. 7(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/48/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:41:31.362552+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}