{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847/section-103",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/10-11/34",
  "legislation_title": "Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847",
  "path": "section/103",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "103",
  "heading": "No interment in any grave without leaving two feet six inches clear of soil above the coffin.",
  "text": "No coffin containing a corpse shall be buried in any grave within the limits of the special Act, not being a vault or catacomb without at least thirty inches of soil between the ordinary surface of such burial ground and the upper side of the coffin; and if the person having the preparation or the immediate charge of the preparation of the grave to receive such coffin permit the coffin to be buried in such grave, or if the person having the control of the burial ground knowingly permit any coffin to be buried in any grave, in which there is not left after the burial thereof thirty inches at least of soil, measuring from the ordinary surface of such burial ground to the upper side of the coffin, the person having the immediate charge of the preparation of the grave, and the person having the control of the burial ground in which such burial is made, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £25level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "“level 1 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.) for “£25” by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 31(5)(6)(9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/34/section/103",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:31:02.753043+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."
}