Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847

2. Introductory TextNext Match

[1.]. Incorporation with special Act.Previous MatchNext Match

3. Interpretations in this ActPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. And with respect to the construction of this Act, and...

   2. 2. “Special Act:” “Prescribed:” “Lands:” “Company.” Previous MatchNext Match

   3. 3. Interpretations in this and the special Act. Number: Gender: “Person:” “Lands:” “The cemetery:” “Month:” “Superior courts:” “Established Church:” “Justice:” “Two justices:”Previous MatchNext Match

4. Citing the ActPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. And with respect to citing this Act or any part...

   2. 4. Short title of this Act.Previous MatchNext Match

   3. 5. Form in which portions of this Act may be incorporated in other Acts.Previous MatchNext Match

5. Making of cemeteryPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. And with respect to the making of the cemetery, be...

   2. 6. Construction of cemetery to be subject to the provisions of this and the Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845.Previous MatchNext Match

   3. 7. Errors and omissions in Act or Schedule to be corrected by Justices, who shall certify the same Certificate to be deposited.Previous MatchNext Match

   4. 8. Copies of plans, &c. to be evidence.Previous MatchNext Match

   5. 9. Company not to dispose of any land consecrated or used for burials.Previous MatchNext Match

   6. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

   7. 11. Company may build chapels, &c.Previous MatchNext Match

   8. 12. Company may make or widen roads to cemetery.Previous MatchNext Match

   9. 13. No road to be widened without consent.Previous MatchNext Match

   10. 14. Owners, &c. may enter into agreement for improving roads for that purpose.Previous MatchNext Match

   11. 15. Cemetery to be inclosed and fenced.Previous MatchNext Match

   12. 16. Cemetery, &c. to be kept in repair.Previous MatchNext Match

   13. 17. Company to make compensation for damages done.Previous MatchNext Match

6. Prevention of nuisancesPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. And with respect to preventing nuisance from the cemetery, be...

   2. 18. Power to make sewers, drains, &c. in and about the cemetery.Previous MatchNext Match

   3. 19. Certain provisions of Waterworks Clauses Act 1847, incorporated with this Act.Previous MatchNext Match

   4. 20. Penalty for allowing water to be fouled.Previous MatchNext Match

   5. 21. Penalty to be sued for within six months.Previous MatchNext Match

   6. 22. In addition penalty of 50 l., a daily penalty during the continuance of the offence.Previous MatchNext Match

7. BurialsPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. And with respect to burials in the cemetery, be it...

   2. 23. A part of cemetery to be set apart and consecrated for burial of members of Established Church.Previous MatchNext Match

   3. 24. Consecrated ground to be defined.Previous MatchNext Match

   4. 25. A chapel in connection with the Established Church to be constructed.Previous MatchNext Match

   5. 26. Bodies when interred not to be removed without lawful authority.Previous MatchNext Match

   6. 27. Chaplain to be appointed with consent of the bishop.Previous MatchNext Match

   7. 28. Chaplain to perform burial service when required.Previous MatchNext Match

   8. 29. Other clergymen of the Established Church may be allowed to officiate.Previous MatchNext Match

   9. 30. Company to pay the chaplain a stipend approved by the bishop.Previous MatchNext Match

   10. 31. Stipend may be recovered by action at law. Previous MatchNext Match

   11. 32. Burials in the consecrated portion to be registered by the chaplain.Previous MatchNext Match

   12. 33. Registers to be subject to the regulations of 6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 86. as to searches, &c.Previous MatchNext Match

   13. 33. Section 35 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836...Previous MatchNext Match

   14. 34. Clerk appointment for the consecrated part of the cemetery.Previous MatchNext Match

   15. 35. As to burial of persons not members of the Church of England.Previous MatchNext Match

   16. 36. Company may allow any burial service to be performed in dissenting chapels.Previous MatchNext Match

   17. 37. Power to appoint gravediggers, &c.Previous MatchNext Match

   18. 38. Regulations for ensuring decency and solemnity.Previous MatchNext Match

   19. 39. No burials under or close to chapels.Previous MatchNext Match

8. Exclusive rights of burialPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. And with respect to exclusive rights of burial, and monumental...

   2. 40. Parts of the cemetery set apart for exclusive burial. Monumental inscriptions.Previous MatchNext Match

   3. 41. Plan and book of reference to be kept, and be open to inspection.Previous MatchNext Match

   4. 42. Form of grant of burial in vault, &c. to be according to Schedule.Previous MatchNext Match

   5. 43. Register of grants to be kept.Previous MatchNext Match

   6. 44. Rights of burial, &c. to be assignable, or may be bequeathed by will.Previous MatchNext Match

   7. 45. Form of assignments.Previous MatchNext Match

   8. 46. Assignments to be registered.Previous MatchNext Match

   9. 47. Probates of wills to be registered.Previous MatchNext Match

   10. 48. Vaults to be kept exclusively for purchasers of exclusive right.Previous MatchNext Match

   11. 49. No such grant to give the right of burial in consecrated ground to certain persons.Previous MatchNext Match

   12. 50. Power to remove monuments improperly erected.Previous MatchNext Match

   13. 51. Bishop to have power to object to monumental inscriptions in consecrated part of cemetery.Previous MatchNext Match

9. Payments to incumbents of parishesPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. And with respect to payments to incumbents of parishes or...

   2. 52. Payments to incumbents of parishes from which bodies are brought.Previous MatchNext Match

   3. 53. Company shall keep account of interments.Previous MatchNext Match

   4. 54. Account of payments due to incumbents of parishes to be rendered half-yearly.Previous MatchNext Match

   5. 55. Fees to be paid to incumbents of parishes half-yearly.Previous MatchNext Match

   6. 56. Payment to be made to the incumbent for the time being, who is to account with his predecessor.Previous MatchNext Match

   7. 57. Company to pay parish clerks the compensation mentioned.Previous MatchNext Match

10. Protection of cemeteryPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. And with respect to the protection of the cemetery, be...

    2. 58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 59. Penalty on persons committing nuisances in the cemetery.Previous MatchNext Match

    4. 60. Annual accounts to be made up, and a copy transmitted to the clerk of the peace, &c., and be open to inspection.Previous MatchNext Match

    5. 61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

11. Recovery of damages and penaltiesPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. And with respect to the recovery of damages not specially...

    2. 62. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 20; incorporated as to damages, &c.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

    4. 64. All things required to be done by two justices may, in certain cases, be done by one.Previous MatchNext Match

    5. 65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

12. Access to special ActPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. And with respect to affording access to the special Act,...

    2. 66. Copies of special Act to be kept by company at their office, and deposited with the clerk of the peace, and be open to inspection.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 67. Penalty on company failing to keep or deposit such copies.Previous MatchNext Match

    4. 68. Company not exempt from provisions of any future general Act.Previous MatchNext Match

    5. 69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

13. 1. SCHEDULES to which the foregoing Act refersPrevious MatchNext Match

       1. Form of Grant of Right of Burial

       2. By virtue of [here name the special Act], we [here...

       3. Form of Assignment of Right of Burial

       4. I, A.B., of , in consideration of the sum of...