Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847

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Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 [a]
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts authorizing the making of Cemeteries.
Citation 10 & 11 Vict. c. 65
Territorial extent  United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent 9 July 1847
Commencement 9 July 1847 [b]
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Status: Amended
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Text of the Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 65) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated the law concerning the management and regulation of public cemeteries in the United Kingdom. [1]

Contents

As of 2025, the act remains in force in the United Kingdom.

Section 10 – Cemetery not to be within a certain distance of houses

Section 10 of the act was repealed by section 272(1) of, and Schedule 30 to, the Local Government Act 1972.

Section 58 – Penalty for damaging the Cemetery

Section 58 of the act was repealed by section 11(8) of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Criminal Damage Act 1971.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In 1985, the Law Commission said that this offence was no longer used and recommended that it be repealed.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

Section 61 of the act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 56).

Section 63 – In Ireland, part of penalty to be paid to Guardians of Unions

Section 63 of the act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66).

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This section was repealed, so far as it applied to England, [3] by section 17 of, and the Schedule to the Perjury Act 1911.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.

Section 69 of the act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66).

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  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


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