Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847
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| 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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |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[a] (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Section 10 of the act was repealed by section 272(1) of, and Schedule 30 to, the Local Government Act 1972.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Section 58 of the act was repealed by section 11(8) of, and Part II of the schedule to, the Criminal Damage Act 1971.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In 1985, the Law Commission said that this offence was no longer used and recommended that it be repealed.[2]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Section 61 of the act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict.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Section 63 of the act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict.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This section was repealed, so far as it applied to England,[3] by section 17 of, and the Schedule to the Perjury Act 1911.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Section 69 of the act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict.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).
