Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 Explained

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This section was repealed by section 272(1) of, and Schedule 30 to, the Local Government Act 1972.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 – Penalty for damaging the Cemetery

This section was repealed by section 11(8) of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Criminal Damage Act 1971.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In 1985, the Law Commission said that this offence was no longer used and recommended that it be repealed.^[2]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This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.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This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.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This section was repealed, so far as it applied to England,^[3] by section 17 of, and the Schedule to the Perjury Act 1911.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This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

See also

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• The Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847, as originally enacted from the National Archives.

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 4 of this Act.
2. The Law Commission. Criminal Law: Offences against Religion and Public Worship. Law Com 145. HMSO. London. 1985. Paragraph 3.25 at page 39.
3. Including Wales and Berwick