Rights of sepulchure, deed of acknowledgement and confirmation thereof

Upon the application of any person, or of the lawful representative of any person, having or claiming to have any right of sepulchre in any public cemetery, acquired or alleged to have been acquired before 25th July, 1878, the Minister may, upon being satisfied with the claim, execute and deliver at the applicant’s expense a deed of acknowledgment and confirmation thereof, and, in the event of the Minister entertaining any doubt respecting the right so claimed he may require from the applicant the production and delivery of a certificate under the hand of a judge of the Supreme Court stating that the right of sepulchre claimed has been made out to his satisfaction by the party applying, and upon the production and delivery of such certificate to the Minister, he shall execute and deliver to and at the expense of the applicant a deed in accordance with the certificate.