Municipal Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act 1881
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1881 c. 13 |
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 the right to vote in the election of town councilors, and also to nominate candidates for election to the said office, to include females who are not married and married females not living in family with their husbands; but such females shall not be eligible for election as town councilors.
3 Roll of municipal electors, how to be made up.
3. In any royal or parliamentary burgh in which the list or roll of persons entitled to vote in the election of the town council of such burgh is made up in the way and manner directed by the Municipal Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1868, or by the said Act, and any Local Act or Acts of Parliament, such list or roll shall continue to be made up as heretofore, so far as regards the persons entitled under these Acts to vote in the election of the town council of such burgh; but in order that the females on whom the municipal franchise is by this Act conferred may be added to such list or roll, without necessitating the preparation of an...
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