Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1896

Powers as to vesting certain burial grounds in the burial board.

20. If in the case of any burial ground attached or contiguous to a Roman Catholic place of worship, the ownership of such burial ground is not vested in any person or persons, corporation, or limited company, and the parish priest officiating for the time being in such place of worship is desirous of putting the burial ground under the management of the burial board of the district, it shall be lawful for him so to do, and the provisions of the one hundred and eighty-seventh section of the principal Act shall apply accordingly.