# Registration of Burials Act 1864, Section 1: All burials to be registered.


All burials in any burial ground in England which are not now by law required to be registered shall be registered in register books to be provided for each such burial ground by the company, body, or persons to whom the same belongs, and to be kept for that purpose according to the laws in force by which registers are required to be kept by rectors, vicars, or curates of parishes or ecclesiastical districts in England.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/27-28/97/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-burials-act-1864/section-1
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