Editing Burial (section)

===Changing burial location===
Remains may be exhumed for reinterment at a more appropriate location for various reasons.
* The passing of time may mean political situations change and a burial can take place in different circumstances. [[Roger Casement]] was executed at [[Pentonville (HM Prison)|Pentonville Prison]] in London on 3 August 1916 and buried in the prison grounds but his body was exhumed and given a [[List of Irish state funerals|state funeral]] in Dublin on 1 March 1965.<ref>National Archives, London, CAB 128/39</ref>
* Deceased individuals who were either not identified or misidentified at the time of burial may be reburied if survivors so wish.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/5153864.stm |work=BBC News |title=Accident victim's body is exhumed |date=6 July 2006 |access-date=27 April 2010}}</ref> For example, when the remains of [[missing in action|MIA]] soldiers are discovered, or the case of [[Nicholas II of Russia]] and his family, who were exhumed from [[unmarked grave]]s near [[Yekaterinburg]] to be reinterred in the [[Peter and Paul Fortress]] in [[St. Petersburg]].
* Cemeteries sometimes have a limited number of plots in which to bury the dead. Once all plots are full, older remains may be moved to an [[ossuary]] to accommodate more bodies, in accordance with burial contracts, [[Faculty (instrument)|religious]] and local burial laws. In [[Hong Kong]] where real estate is at a premium, burials in government-run cemeteries are disinterred after six years under exhumation order. Remains are either collected privately for cremation or reburied in an urn or niche. Unclaimed burials are exhumed and cremated by the government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fehd.gov.hk/english/cc/land.html |title=Coffin Burial |publisher=Fehd.gov.hk |access-date=25 March 2011}}</ref> Permanent burial in privately run cemeteries is allowed. In Singapore, cremation is preferred by most Singaporeans because burials in Singapore is limited to 15 years.<ref name=2018Stats>{{cite web|url=https://www.cremation.org.uk/Singapore-2018|title=Singapore Cremation Statistics 2018|publisher=The Cremation Society of Great Britain|access-date=2020-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Crypt Burial System |url=https://www.nea.gov.sg/our-services/after-death/crypt-burial-system |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www.nea.gov.sg |language=en |quote=The New Burial Policy, introduced in 1998 to address the issue of land scarcity, limits burial to 15 years. After this period, graves will be exhumed and the remains cremated or re-interred, depending on one's religious requirements.}}</ref> After 15 years, Singaporean graves will be exhumed and the remains will either be cremated or re-interred.
* Remains may be exhumed and reburied en masse when a cemetery is relocated, once local planning and religious requirements are met.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicora.org/cemtery_relocation.htm |title=Cemetery Relocation |access-date=11 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405144013/http://chicora.org/cemtery_relocation.htm |archive-date=5 April 2007 }}</ref> It also enables [[construction]] agencies to clear the way for new constructions. One example of this is cemeteries in [[Chicago]] next to [[O'Hare International Airport]] to expand the [[runways]]. The remains of the [[Venerable]] or the [[beatification|Blessed]] are sometimes exhumed to ensure their bodies lie in their correctly marked graves, as their gravesites usually become places for devotees to gather, and also to collect relics. The bodies may also be transferred to a more dignified place. It also serves the purpose to see if they are supernaturally [[Incorruptibility|Incorrupt]]. An incorrupt corpse is no longer considered miraculous, but it is a characteristic of several known saints. Exhumation is no longer a requirement in the [[beatification]] process, but still may be carried out.
* For ethical and cultural reasons, [[repatriation and reburial of human remains]] may be carried out when [[museum]]s and academic institutions return remains to their place of origin.