Municipal Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act 1881
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1881 c. 13,44 & 45 Vict. c. 13 |
| Year | 1881 |
Municipal Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1881
(44 & 45 Vict.) CHAPTER 13.
An Act to amend the Municipal Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1868.
[3rd June 1881]
Whereas in the Act thirty-two and thirty-three Victoria, chapter fifty-five, it is provided that in that Act, and other Acts of Parliament therein recited whenever words occur which import the masculine gender the same shall be held to include females for all Purposes connected with and having reference to the right to vote in the election of town Councilors in England:
And whereas it is expedient that in this respect the municipal franchise in Scotland shall be assimilated to that of England:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as theMunicipal Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1881.
2 Words importing masculine gender to include females.
2. In the Municipal Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1868, and the various Acts therein recited prescribing the qualifications of voters at municipal elections in Scotland, whenever words occur which import, the masculine gender the same shall be held for all purposes connected with and having reference to...
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