Representation of the People Act explained

Representation of the People Act is a stock short title used in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Mauritius, Pakistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and Vanuatu for legislation dealing with the electoral system.[1] Representation of the People Acts is a collective title for legislation relating to representation of the people, including Rating Acts and other Registration Acts.[2] The title was first used in the United Kingdom in the 1832 Great Reform Act and was adopted in other countries of, or formerly part of, the British Empire through the spread of the Westminster parliamentary system.

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

An Act of Barbados passed on 6 June 1840 had the title "An Act to amend the representation of the people of this Island, and to declare who shall be liable to serve on Juries".[14] An Act supplemental to this Act was passed on 30 December 1842.[15]

Belize

Ghana

Grenada

Guyana

India

Jamaica

Mauritius

Pakistan

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United Kingdom

See also: History of the constitution of the United Kingdom.

The expression "Act to amend the Representation of the People" appears in the title of the Act that was subsequently given the short title "the Representation of the People Act 1832", and that Act was referred to by that expression in 1832.[134] Some Representation of the People Acts are considered to be Reform Acts.[135] Although it has no special status or priority in law, the 1918 Act, dealing with universal voting and other matters of political representation, could be viewed as part of a body of statute law making up the Constitution of the United Kingdom.[136] The title was adopted in other countries of, or formerly part of, the British Empire through the spread of the Westminster parliamentary system.[137] [138]

Vanuatu

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

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  2. See, for example, the definition in section 8(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1884, read with the definition of the Registration Acts in section 8(2)
  3. West Indian Reports, Index Volume, Volumes 31 to 55, p 237
  4. Dundas. Compendium of Election Laws, Practices and Cases of Selected Commonwealth Countries. Vol 1, Pt 2. 1998. p 1127.
  5. Acts of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas for the Year 1975, pp 324 to 329
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  7. Acts of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, 1977
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=-NtNAAAAMAAJ Acts of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas for the Year 1981
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=-NtNAAAAMAAJ Acts of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas for the Year 1982
  10. "Legislation" (1983) 6 West Indian Law Journal 193
  11. Web site: en . 25 August 2023 . Representation of the People Order . Aug 22, 2016 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20160822172043/https://publicofficialsfinancialdisclosure.worldbank.org/sites/fdl/files/assets/law-library-files/Bangladesh_Representation%20of%20the%20People%20Order%20155_1972%20amended%202008_en.pdf .
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  15. Laws of Barbados for Session 1891-'92, Part 1, p 55
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