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  "legislation_title": "Burial Act 1853",
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  "text": "An Act to amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead in England beyond the Limits of the Metropolis and to amend the Act concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis.\n[20th August 1853]",
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      "text": "Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)Act: powers transferred (1.7.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch.1"
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