Representation of the People Act 1867

[F1 1 Short title. U.K.

This Act shall be cited for all purposes as “The Representation of the People Act 1867.”]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1949 (c. 68), Sch. 9

2—6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 2–6 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1949 (c. 68), Sch. 9

7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 7 repealed by Rating and Valuation Act 1925 (c. 90), Sch. 8 and Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26), Sch. 2 Pt. II

8—50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F4 Ss. 8–50, 52–61, Schs. (A. )—(H. ) repealed by Representation of the People Act 1949 (c. 68), Sch. 9

51 Not necessary to dissolve Parliament on any future demise of the Crown. U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 The Parliament in being at any future demise of the Crown shall not be determined or dissolved by such demise, but shall continue so long as it would have continued but for such demise, unless it should be sooner prorogued F6 ... by the Crown, anything in the Succession to the M1 Crown Act 1707 in any way notwithstanding.

Textual Amendments

F5 Recital omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

F6 Words in s. 51 omitted (15.9.2011) by virtue of Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (c. 14), s. 7(2), Sch. para. 3 (with s. 6)

Marginal Citations

M1 1707 c. 41.

52—61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 8–50, 52–61, Schs. (A. )—(H. ) repealed by Representation of the People Act 1949 (c. 68), Sch. 9