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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Recall of MPs Act 2015, Section 11.
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11How entitlement to sign a recall petition is to be exercisedU.K.
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(1)A person who is entitled to sign a recall petition may sign it—
(a)in person,
(b)by post, or
(c)by proxy,
subject to meeting the requirements of regulations under section 18 about signing it by that method.
(2)A person who is entitled to sign a recall petition may sign it only once.
(3)Once a recall petition has been signed, the signature cannot be withdrawn.
(4)Unless stated otherwise, references in this Act (however expressed) to the signing of a recall petition by a person are to the person signing it by any of the methods mentioned in subsection (1) otherwise than as a proxy for another person.
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