{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1981/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1981/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/34",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1981",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Effects of disqualification.",
  "text": "(1) If a person disqualified by this Act for membership of the House of Commons is elected to that House his election shall be void; and if such a person is nominated for election as a member of that House his nomination shall be void.\n(2) If a member of the House of Commons becomes disqualified by this Act for membership of that House his seat shall be vacated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/34/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:04.868020+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}