Parliamentary Elections Corrupt Practices Act 1885
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Law with respect to Corrupt Practices at Parliamentary Elections. |
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| Citation | 48 & 49 Vict. c. 56 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 August 1885 |
| Commencement | 6 August 1885[b] |
| Repealed | 3 April 1950[c] |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Representation of the People Act 1949 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Parliamentary Elections Corrupt Practices Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 56) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It became law on 6 August 1885.
It declared, in order to clarify past ambiguities, that it was legal for an employer to allow his employees a reasonable amount of paid time off work in order to vote in a parliamentary election. This permission was, as far as reasonably possible, to be given to all employees, and not to be given in order to induce them to vote for a specific candidate, or refused to discourage them from voting for another.
It did not criminalise any previously legitimate activity.
Legacy
[edit]The whole act was repealed by the section 175 of, and the ninth schedule to, the Representation of the People Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68).
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[edit]- Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1886. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1886
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