House of Commons (Disqualifications) Act 1801
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1801 c. 52 |
(41 Geo. 3) C A P. LII.
[20th June 1801]
'WHEREAS by an Act, made in the Session of Parliament held in the thirty-ninth and fortieth Years of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, AnAct for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland , it was amongst other Things provided, That the said Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland should, upon the first Day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, and for ever after, be united into one Kingdom, by the Name of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and that the said United Kingdom should be represented in one and the same Parliament, to be stiled The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland : And whereas it is expedient fully to declare in what Cases Persons are and shall be disabled from, or incapable of, sitting and voting in the House of Commons of the said Parliament of the said UnitedKingdom;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament of the said United Kingdom assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the passing of this Act, all Persons disabled from or incapable of being elected, or sitting and voting in the House of Commons of any Parliament ofGreat Britain , shall be disabled from and be incapable of being elected, or sitting and voting in the House of Commons of any Parliament of the United Kingdom, as Knights, Citizens, or Burgesses, for any County, Stewartry, City, Borough, Cinque Port, Town, or Place, in that Part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain .
II All Persons disabled from sitting in Irish Parliaments, shall be disabled from sitting for Ireland.
II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, all Persons disabled from or incapable of being elected, or sitting and voting in the House of Commons of any Parliament ofIreland , shall be disabled from and be incapable of being elected, or sitting and voting in the House of Commons of any Parliament of the United Kingdom, as Knights, Citizens, or Burgesses, for any County, City, Borough, Town, or Place, in that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland .
III Persons disabled by British Statutes, shall not hereby be enabled to sit for Ireland; nor contr.
III. Provided nevertheless, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to enable Persons, heretofore disabled by any Act of the Parliament ofGreat Britain from sitting and voting in the House of Commons of Great Britain , to sit or vote in the House of Commons of the said Parliament of the said United Kingdom, as Knights, Citizens, or Burgesses for any County, City, Borough, Town, or Place in that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland ; nor to enable Persons, heretofore disabled by any Acts of the Parliament of Ireland from sitting and voting in the House of Commons of Ireland , to sit or vote in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the said United Kingdom, as Knights, Citizens, or Burgesses, for any County, Stewartry, City, Borough, Cinque Port, Town, or Place, in that Part of the Unit Kingdom called Great Britain .
IV. And whereas by the said Act for the Union ofGreat Britain and Ireland , it was amongst other Things provided, That 'until an Act shall have passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, providing in what Cases Persons holding Offices or Places of Profit under the Crown of Ireland shall...
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