# Commissioners Clauses Act 1847, Section 9: No person holding office or concerned in a contract to be a commissioner.


Any person who at any time after his appointment or election as commissioner shall accept or continue to hold any office or place of profit under the special Act, or be concerned or participate in any manner in any contract, or in the profit thereof, or of any work to be done under the authority of such Act, shall thenceforth cease to be a commissioner, and his office shall thereupon become vacant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/16/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commissioners-clauses-act-1847/section-9
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