Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847
| Act of Parliament | |
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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 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 9 July 1847 |
| Commencement | 9 July 1847[b] |
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Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| 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]
As of 2025[update], the act remains in force in the United Kingdom.
Section 10 – Cemetery not to be within a certain distance of houses
[edit]Section 10 of the act was repealed by section 272(1) of, and Schedule 30 to, the Local Government Act 1972.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
[edit]Section 58 of the act was repealed by section 11(8) of, and Part II of the schedule to, the Criminal Damage Act 1971.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
[edit]Proposal for repeal
In 1985, the Law Commission said that this offence was no longer used and recommended that it be repealed.[2]
Section 65 – Persons giving false evidence liable to penalties of perjury
[edit]This section was repealed, so far as it applied to England,[3] by section 17 of, and the Schedule to the Perjury Act 1911.
Subsequent developments
[edit]Section 63 and 69 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66), which came into force on 11 August 1875.[4]
Section 61 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 67), which came into force on 5 August 1891.[5]
Section 31 of the act and section 55 of the act from “and if any” onwards were repealed by section 1(1) of, and part VI of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, which came into force on 5 November 1993.[6]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Section 4.
- ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1875", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/38-39 c. 66
- ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1891", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/54-55 c. 67
- ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1993 c. 50
External links
[edit]- Text of the Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Text of the Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
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