# Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847, Section 27: Chaplain to be appointed with consent of the bishop.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The company may from time to time, with the approval of the bishop of the diocese in which the cemetery is situated, appoint a clerk in holy orders of the Established Church to officiate as chaplain in the consecrated part of the cemetery; and such chaplain shall be licensed by and be subject to the jurisdiction of the said bishop, and the said bishop shall have power to revoke any such licence, and to remove such chaplain, for any cause which appears to him reasonable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/65/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cemeteries-clauses-act-1847/section-27
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