Cap. 18 Art. 8Certificate proving title.

(1) A certificate from the parish priest or other superior of a church or chapel declaring the deceased to be a descendant of a person to whom a particular grave had been granted in that church or chapel, or a blood relation of a person buried in that church or chapel, and in which the number of such grave is indicated, or in which it is stated that such grave is not numbered, or, as the case may be, that it is not certain in which particular grave the said relation was buried, shall be deemed sufficient for the Police to indicate in the licence, according to the provisions of the foregoing articles, the grave in the cemetery in which the deceased is to be buried.

(2) The certificate mentioned in subarticle (1) shall not have the required effect as regards the consanguinity of the deceased person with the person to whom a grave had been granted, or who was buried in a church or chapel, unless such certificate is signed or countersigned by a parish priest or other ecclesiastic having the cure of souls.