# Meeting of Parliament Act 1870

33 & 34 Vict. c. 81 · enacted 9 August 1870 · revised to 1 February 1991

An Act to amend the Acts of the thirty-seventh year of King George the Third, chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, and the thirty-ninth and fortieth years of King George the Third, chapter fourteen.

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/meeting-of-parliament-act-1870/pdf/ukpga_18700081_en.pdf

## Introductory text

An Act to amend the Acts of the thirty-seventh year of King George the Third, chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, and the thirty-ninth and fortieth years of King George the Third, chapter fourteen.
[9th August 1870]

## 1 Short title.

This Act may be cited as “The Meeting of Parliament Act 1870.”

## 2 Summoning of Parliament.

Parliament may be summoned by a Royal Proclamation in manner provided by the recited Acts, to meet on any day not less than six days from the day of the date of such proclamation, and the recited Acts, so far as they relate to such summoning of Parliament, shall be construed as if six days were therein substituted for fourteen days.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/33-34/81 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meeting-of-parliament-act-1870
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