Burial (Ireland) Act 1824
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1824 c. 25 |
| Year | 1824 |
(5 Geo. 4) C A P. XXV.
[15th April 1824]
'WHEREAS by an Act of the Parliament ofIreland , passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of King William the Third, intituled ; it is amongst other Things enacted, that no Person whatsoever should, from and after the Twenty ninth ofDecember One thousand six hundred and ninety seven, bury any Dead in any suppressed Monastery, Abbey or Convent, not made use of for celebrating Divine Service according to the Liturgy of the Church ofIreland by Law established, or within the Precincts thereof, under pain of forfeiting Ten Pounds, to be recovered as therein mentioned: And Whereas it is expedient that the said Provision should be repealed;' Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the LordsSpiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the said Provision shall, from and after the passing of this Act, stand and be repealed: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall authorize the burying any Deadin any suppressed Monastery, Abbey or Convent, or within the Precincts thereof, where the same have not been within Ten Years usually employed for such Purposes, unless with the Permission of the Proprietor of the Place on which the suppressed Monastery, Abbey or Convent is situated.
'II. And Whereas the Easement of Burial in the Churchyards of Protestant Churches has been long enjoyed by all Classes of His Majesty's Subjects; but such Burial may not by Law be allowed, unless the Burial Service ordained by the Liturgy of the Church ofIreland as by Law established shall be celebrated thereat by the Rector, Vicar, Curate or other officiating Minister of the Church of Ireland , in whose Churchyard such Burial shall be had, or by some Person in Holy Orders of the Church of Ireland , duly authorized by him: And Whereas such Minister of the Church of Ireland may not by Law dispense with the Celebration of such Service, or permit the Substitution of any other Service in lieu thereof; to the End thereof that all Classes of His Majesty's Subjects may be...
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