Election Commissioners Act 1949

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1966

Election Commissioners Act 1949[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to election commissioners.
Citation12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 90
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent16 December 1949
Commencement23 February 1950[b]
Repealed12 May 1969
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byRepresentation of the People Act 1969
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Election Commissioners Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 90) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to election commissioners.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 21(1) of the act repealed 7 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
15 & 16 Vict. c. 57 Election Commissioners Act 1852 The whole act.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 125 Parliamentary Elections Act 1868 Sections three, fifteen and fifty-six.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 21 Corrupt Practices Commission Expenses Act 1869 The whole act.
46 & 47 Vict. c. 51 Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 The whole act except section forty-two.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 50 Expiring Laws Act 1922 In Part I of the First Schedule, the provision relating to the Corrupt Practices Commission Expenses Act 1869.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 65 Representation of the People Act 1948 In section fifty-two, subsection (5). In section fifty-three, subsection (3). Section fifty-four. In the Tenth Schedule, in Part I, paragraph 5; and in Part II, paragraph 5.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68 Representation of the People Act 1949 In the Eighth Schedule, sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1; in paragraph 3, the proviso; paragraph 4; and in paragraph 5, so much of sub-paragraph (1) as relates to paragraph 5 of Part II of the Tenth Schedule to the Representation of the People Act 1948.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 24(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the Representation of the People Act 1969 (1969 c. 15), which came into force on 12 May 1969.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 22(1).
  2. ↑ Section 22(2); being the date of the 1950 United Kingdom general election, the first general election after the passing of the act.

References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Elections, Representation and the Law 9781472561169, 9781849461474". dokumen.pub. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Election Commissioners Act 1949", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/12-13-14 c. 90
  3. ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1969", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1969 c. 15
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