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NEW TOWNS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 24

Provisions supplemental to section 23.

24.(1) Where a [district council] have established a crematorium in accordance
with the provisions of section 23, if any person knowingly carries out or
procures or takes part in the burning of any human remains in any part of the
[district] except in accordance with the first-mentioned section and any
regulations made thereunder, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

(2) If any person contravenes a regulation made under section 23(3) he shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine
not exceeding fifty pounds.

(3) Without prejudice to section 3(2) of the Forgery Act 1913 or [Article 10
of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979], sections 36 and 37 of the
Forgery Act 1861 (destruction, falsification, etc., of registers of burials or
copies thereof) shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to any register
of cremations kept under section 23(3).

(4) A [district council] which has established a crematorium shall, without
prejudice to the effect of any municipal functions order, be deemed to be a
burial board within the meaning of section 5(2)(b) of the Forgery Act 1913
(forging of seals).

(5) If any person wilfully either makes any false representation or signs or
utters any false certificate with a view to procuring a cremation in a
crematorium established under section 23, he shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years.

Subs.(6) rep. by 1967 c.18 (NI) s.15(2) sch.2 Pt.II

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