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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cemeteries-clauses-act-1847/section-21",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/10-11/65",
  "legislation_title": "Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cemeteries-clauses-act-1847",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Penalty to be sued for within six months.",
  "text": "The said penalty, with full costs of suit, may be recovered by any person having right to use the water fouled by such offensive matter, in any of the superior courts, by action of debt or on the case: Provided always, that the said penalty shall not be recoverable unless the same be sued for during the continuance of the offence, or within six months after it has ceased.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/65/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:30:39.399657+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}