Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847
The Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict c 65) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Long title | An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts authorizing the making of Cemeteries. |
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Citation | 10 & 11 Vict c 65 |
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Royal assent | 9 July 1847 |
Status: Amended | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Revised text of statute as amended |
Section 10 - Cemetery not to be within a certain distance of houses
This section was repealed by section 272(1) of, and Schedule 30 to, the Local Government Act 1972.
Section 58 -
This section was repealed by section 11(8) of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Criminal Damage Act 1971.
Section 59 - Penalty on persons committing nuisances in the cemetery
Proposal for repeal
In 1985, the Law Commission said that this offence was no longer used and recommended that it be repealed.[2]
Section 61 - Tender of amends
This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.
Section 63 - In Ireland, part of penalty to be paid to Guardians of Unions
This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.
Section 65 - Persons giving false evidence liable to penalties of perjury
This section was repealed, so far as it applied to England,[3] by section 17 of, and the Schedule to the Perjury Act 1911.
Section 69 - Act may be amended, etc.
This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.
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References
- The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 4 of this Act.
- The Law Commission. Criminal Law: Offences against Religion and Public Worship. Law Com 145. HMSO. London. 1985. Paragraph 3.25 at page 39.
- Including Wales and Berwick
External links
- The Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847, as amended from the National Archives.
- The Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
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