23. In the case of churches or cemeteries not belonging to Roman Catholics, the expressions: “superior ecclesiastical or diocesan authority” or “the local ecclesiastical authority” or “the competent religious authority” in sections 7, 9, 14, 16 and 17, mean the authorities, officers, trustees, administrators, managers or cemetery companies having, by law or custom, the administration of such churches or cemeteries; and the said sections shall be interpreted as if they had been made for the case of such churches and cemeteries.
R. S. 1964, c. 310, s. 24.