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Section V Members of the House of Commons being so disabled, their Seate void without further Conviction.

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And bee it enacted That in every case where any Member or Members of the House of Commons shall by vertue of this Act be disabled to sitt or vote in the House of Commons Then and in every such Case without any further Conviction or other Proceeding against such Members or Members the Place or Places for which they or any of them were elected is hereby declared void, and a new Writt or Writts shall issue out of the High Court of Chauncery by Warrant or Warrants from the Speaker of the House of Commons for the time being and by Order of the said House for the Election of a new Member or Members to server in the House of Commons in the Place or Places of such Member or Members soe disabled to all intents and purposes as if such Member or Members were naturally dead.