# Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, Section 5: Burial of still-born children.

Extent: E+W

It shall not be lawful for a person who has control over or who ordinarily buries bodies in any burial ground to permit to be buried or to bury in such burial ground a still-born child before there is delivered to him (either physically or as a copy in an approved electronic form) either—
(a) a certificate given by the registrar under section 11(2) or (3) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, or
(b) in a case in relation to which a senior coroner has made enquiries under section 1(7) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (or has purported to conduct an investigation under Part 1 of that Act), an order of the coroner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/48/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1926/section-5
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