7. The legal person shall have the right to establish a cemetery, but the construction, maintenance and use of such cemetery shall be effected in accordance with the general laws concerning like matters. It may also, subject to the same general laws, change the site of the whole or part of such cemetery and enlarge it, provided that the total area shall never exceed 12 hectares.
R. S. 1964, c. 307, s. 7; 1977, c. 60, s. 63; 1999, c. 40, s. 71.