New Zealand Acts

BURIAL AND CREMATION ACT 1964 - SECT 13

13 Rights of minister of religion, etc

1 The minister of any religious denomination for which any portion of a cemetery is set apart under section 11 shall at all times have free right of access and admission thereto, and may freely exercise his spiritual functions therein, without any hindrance or disturbance by the local authority or any other person.

2 Every religious denomination shall have power to regulate, in relation to any portion of a cemetery set apart for its exclusive use,—

a) the performance of any religious ceremony in the burial of the dead according to the usage of the denomination; and

b) the inscriptions on any monuments erected in such portion in accordance with the provisions of section 9 and any bylaws made under this Act.

3 A local authority shall not by any bylaw, or any act, matter, or thing, at any time interfere directly or indirectly with the matters specified in subsection (2).

Note: 1908 No 19 ss 36, 37, 38