Parliamentary Elections (Returns) Act 1695

The Parliamentary Elections (Returns) Act 1695^[1]

Parliament of England
Long title	An Act to prevent False and Double Returns of Members to Serve in Parliament.[2]
Citation	7 & 8 Will 3 c 7
Status: Repealed

The Parliamentary Elections (Returns) Act 1695 (7 & 8 Will 3 c 7) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

The provisions as to procuring returns in sections 3 and 4 ceased to have effect by virtue of section 74(5) of, and Schedule 11 to, the Representation of the People Act 1948.

The whole Act except section 5 was, and in section 5 the words "and for the more easy and better proof of any such false or double return" and the words from "and that the party" to the end of the section were, repealed by section 80(7) of, and Schedule 13 to, the Representation of the People Act 1948.

The whole Act was repealed by section 175(1) of, and Schedule 9 to, the Representation of the People Act 1949.

The whole Act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the .

References[]

• Halsbury's Statutes,

External links[]

• Text of the Act
• List of repeals in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book

This legislation in England article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t