Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847

The Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict c 65) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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This section was repealed by section 272(1) of, and Schedule 30 to, the Local Government Act 1972.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This section was repealed by section 11(8) of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Criminal Damage Act 1971.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In 1985, the Law Commission said that this offence was no longer used and recommended that it be repealed.^[2]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This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.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This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.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This section was repealed, so far as it applied to England,^[3] by section 17 of, and the Schedule to the Perjury Act 1911.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This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

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• The Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847, as originally enacted from the National Archives.