Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832

II and to Copyholders.

II. And be it enacted, That every Male Person of full Age, and not subject to any legal Incapacity, who shall be seised at Law or in Equity of any Lands or Tenements of Copyhold Tenure, for his Life, or for the Life of another, or for any Lives whatsoever, or for any larger Estate, of the clear yearly Value of not less than Ten Pounds over and above all Rents and Charges payable out of or in respect of the same, shall be entitled to vote in the Election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve in any future Parliament for the County in which such Lands or Tenements shall be respectively situate.

III Not to affect present Voters in Counties.

III. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall take away or in any Manner affect the Rights of voting for Knights of the Shire at present enjoyed by or which may hereafter accrue to any Person by virtue of any Law now in force, except so far as herein specially provided.

IV No Vote out of Tenements in a County which give a Right to vote in a City, Town, or Borough.

IV. And be it enacted, That notwithstanding any thing herein contained no Person shall be entitled to vote in the Election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve in any future Parliament in respect of his Estate or Interest in any House, Warehouse, Counting-house, or Shop occupied by himself, or in any Land occupied by himself together with any House, Warehouse, Counting-house, or Shop, such House, Warehouse, Counting-house, or Shop being, either separately, or jointly with the Land so occupied therewith, of such Value as would, according to the Provisions herein-after contained, confer on him the Right of voting for any City, Town, or Borough, whether he shall or shall not have actually acquired the Right to vote for such City, Town, or Borough in respect thereof.

V Right of voting in Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns:

V. And be it enacted, That in every City or Town, being a County of a City or County of a Town by itself, and which shall return a Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament, in addition to the Persons now by Law qualified to vote at the Election of such Member or Members, every Male Person of full Age, and not subject to any legal Incapacity, who shall be seised at Law or in Equity of any Freehold Estate in any Lands or Tenements within such City or Town, and shall be in the actual ^Occupationthereof, and who shall have a beneficial Interest therein of the clear yearly Value of Ten ^Poundsat the least above all Rent and Charges payable out of the same, or who shall hold as Lessee or Assignee any Lands or Tenements within such City or Town, for such Term, of such Value, and subject to such Provisions as would under this Act, if such Lands or Tenements were situate in a County at large without the Limits of such City or Town, entitle such Person to register his Vote for such ^County, or who shall hold and occupy within such City or Town, as Tenant or Owner, any House, Warehouse, Counting-house, or Shop, which, either separately, or jointly with any Land within such City or Town occupied therewith by him as Tenant under the same Landlord, or occupied therewith by him as Owner, shall bebon fide of the clear yearly Value of not less than Ten Pounds, shall, if duly registered according to the Provisions of this Act, be entitled to vote in the Election of a Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament for such City or Town: Provided always, that no such Occupier as last above mentioned shall be admitted to be registered under this Act unless he shall have occupied such Premises as aforesaid for Six Calendar Months next previous to the Time of his Registry, nor unless such Occupier shall have paid or discharged all such Grand Jury and Municipal Cesses, Rates, and Taxes, if any, as shall have become legally due and payable by him in respect of such Premises, over and above and except One Half Year's Amount of such Cesses, Rates, and Taxes aforesaid.

VI No Freehold of less than 10 l. yearly Value to give a Vote in a City or Town; saving of registered 40 s. Freeholders now entitled to vote.

VI. And be it enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act no Person, save as herein is provided, shall be registered or admitted to vote as a Freeholder at any Election of any Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament for any County of a City or County of a Town inIreland , unless such Person shall have an Estate of Freehold in Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, in such County of a City or County of a Town, of the clear yearly Value of Ten Pounds at the least above all Charges, any Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall prevent any Person now being a Forty-shilling Freeholder entitled to register as such from retaining (so long as he shall continue to be seised of the same Lands or Tenements) the Right of voting in such Election in respect thereof, if duly registered according to the Provisions of this Act.

VII Right of voting in Boroughs to be enjoyed by Occupiers of Houses, &c. of the annual Value of 10 l.

VII. And be it enacted, That at all Elections of a Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament for any City, Town, or Borough inIreland , not being a County in itself, every Male Person of full Age, and not subject to any legal Incapacity, and duly registered according to the Provisions of this Act, who shall hold and occupy within such City, Town, or Borough, as Tenant or Owner, any House, Warehouse, Counting-house, or Shop, which, either separately, or jointly with any Land within such City, Town, or Borough occupied therewith by him as Tenant under the same Landlord, or occupied therewith by him as Owner, shall be bon fide of the clear yearly Value of not less than Ten Pounds, shall be entitled to vote in the Choice of a Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament for such City, Town, or Borough; provided always, that no such Occupier as last aforesaid shall be admitted to be registered under this Act unless he shall have occupied such Premises as aforesaid for Six Calendar Months next previous to the Time of Registry, nor unless such Occupier shall have paid or discharged all such Grand Jury and Municipal Cesses, Rates, and Taxes, if any, as shall have become legally due and payable by him in respect of such Premises, over and above and except One Half Year's Amount of such Cesses, Rates, and Taxes aforesaid.

VIII In what Case only a Freehold under 10 l. Value is to give a Vote.

VIII. Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted, That notwithstanding any thing herein-before contained, no Person shall be entitled to vote in the Election of a Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament, for...