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Parliamentary Elections Act 1695
1695 CHAPTER 25 7 and 8 Will 3
An Act for the further regulating Elections of Members to serve in Parliament and for the preventing irregular Proceedings of Sheriffs and other Officers in the electing and returning such Members.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62) Sch. 2
C2Preamble not relevant to unrepealed provisions of the Act
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VII Infants not to vote or be elected. Penalty.E+W
. . . F2 And noe Person hereafter shall bee capable of being elected a Member to serve in this or any future Parliament who is not of the Age of One and twenty Yeares And every Election or Returne of any Person under that Age is hereby declared to bee null and void And if any such Minor hereafter chosen shall presume to sitt or vote in Parliament hee shall incurr such Penalties and Forfeitures as if hee had presumed to sitt and vote in Parliament without being chosen or returned.
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F2Words repealed by Representation of the People Act 1948 (c. 65), Sch. 13