Citation 10 & 11 Vict c 65 | Royal assent 9 July 1847 | |
Long title An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts authorizing the making of Cemeteries. | ||
The Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict c 65) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Contents
- Section 10 Cemetery not to be within a certain distance of houses
- Section 58
- Section 59 Penalty on persons committing nuisances in the cemetery
- Section 61 Tender of amends
- Section 63 In Ireland part of penalty to be paid to Guardians of Unions
- Section 65 Persons giving false evidence liable to penalties of perjury
- Section 69 Act may be amended etc
- References
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This section was repealed by section 272(1) of, and Schedule 30 to, the Local Government Act 1972.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This section was repealed by section 11(8) of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Criminal Damage Act 1971.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In 1985, the Law Commission said that this offence was no longer used and recommended that it be repealed.
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This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894.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This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.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This section was repealed, so far as it applied to England, by section 17 of, and the Schedule to the Perjury Act 1911.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This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.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
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