Whenever any cemetery, or any part or section thereof, owned by any incorporated or unincorporated church, cemetery or burial association, shall become so neglected as, in the opinion of the court of quarter sessions of the county wherein such cemetery is situated, to become a public nuisance, such court, upon petition of the incorporated or unincorporated church, cemetery or burial association managing and conducting such cemetery and after such notice as is required in section four of this act,¹ may authorize the management thereof at its cost and expense to improve the cemetery or any part or section thereof, without the removal of any dead therefrom, by the restoration, improvement or removal of some or all of the gravestones, posts, railings, fences or other structures or improvements thereon.