# Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880, Section 2: Paupers.


Such notice, in the case of any poor person deceased, whom the council of a county, London borough or the Common Council of the City of London are required or authorised by law to bury, may be given to the rector, vicar, or other incumbent in manner aforesaid, and also to the master of any workhouse in which such poor person may have died, or otherwise to the said council by the husband, wife, or next of kin of such poor person, who, for the purposes of this Act, shall be deemed to be the person having the charge of the burial of such deceased poor person; and in any such case it shall be the duty of the said guardians to permit the body of such deceased person to be buried in the manner provided by this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/43-44/41/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/burial-laws-amendment-act-1880/section-2
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