Elections (Fraudulent Conveyances) Act 1711
The Elections (Fraudulent Conveyances) Act 1711 (10 Ann. c. 31), sometimes called the Elections (Fraudulent Conveyance) Act 1711,[3] was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.
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| Long title | An Act for the more effectual preventing fraudulent Conveyances in order to multiply Votes for electing Knights of Shires to serve in Parliament.[2] |
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| Citation | 10 Ann. c. 31 (Ruffhead c. 23) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 May 1712 |
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| Repealed by | Representation of the People Act 1918 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
This Act is chapter 23 in Ruffhead's Edition.[4]
The Elections (Fraudulent Conveyances) Act 1711, except for section 1, was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.
The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 47(1) of, and Schedule 8 to, the Representation of the People Act 1918.
References
- The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 1 to the Short Titles Act 1896, which is headed "Title".
- Current Law Statutes 1996, vol 4, p 63
- Council of Law Reporting. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes, with a list of the local and private Acts, passed in the thirtieth and thirty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London. 1867. Page 663. Note 3.
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