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| Long title | An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Capacity of Women to sit in Parliament. |
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| Citation | 8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 47 |
| Introduced by | Lord Robert Cecil |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 November 1918 |
| Commencement | 21 November 1918 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law Revision Act 1983 (RoI) |
Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It gave women over 21 the right to stand for election as a Member of Parliament.
At 27 words, it is the shortest UK statute.[2]
- ^ Short title as conferred by s. 2 of the Act; the modern convention for the citation of short titles omits the comma after the word "Act"
- ^ "Oldest surviving judicial code". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
The shortest statute is the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918, which runs to 27 operative words: `A woman shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from being elected to or sitting or voting as a Member of the Commons House of Parliament.' Section 2 contains a further 14 words giving the short title.
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