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PROROGATION ACT 1867
PROROGATION ACT 1867 - LONG TITLE
An Act to simplify the Forms of Prorogation during the Recess of
Parliament.{1}
[12th August 1867]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1893
PROROGATION ACT 1867 - SECT 1
Power to Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament by royal proclamation
without any subsequent writ or commission under the Great Seal.
1. Whenever (save as herein-after excepted) Her Majesty shall be
pleased, by and with the advice of the Privy Council of Her
Majesty, to issue her royal proclamation to prorogue Parliament from
the day to which it shall then stand summoned or prorogued to any
further day being not less than fourteen days from the date
thereof, such proclamation shall, without any subsequent issue of a
writ or writs patent or commission under the Great Seal of the
United Kingdom, be a full and sufficient notice to all persons
whatever of such the royal intention of Her Majesty, and the
Parliament shall thereby stand prorogued to the day and place in
such proclamation appointed, notwithstanding any former law, usage, or
practice to the contrary.
PROROGATION ACT 1867 - SECT 2
Not to apply to prorogation at close of a session.
2. This Act shall not apply to the case of the prorogation of
Parliament at the close of a session.