The Prorogation Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c.81) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
which is still in force in the United Kingdom with amendments.
It was passed to simplify the forms of
prorogation
Prorogation in the Westminster system of government is the action of proroguing, or interrupting, a parliament, or the discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without a dissolution of parliament. The term is also used for the peri ...
during a recess of Parliament. Prorogation is the period from the formal end of a parliamentary session to the opening of the next session.
Prorogation, UK Parliament
/ref> The Act allowed the period of a prorogation to be extended to a day at least 14 days later.
See also
* Meeting of Parliament Act 1797
The Meeting of Parliament Act 1797 (37. Geo. III, c. 127) is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1797.
Section 1 originally established that Parliament could be summoned fourteen days after the issuing of a proclama ...
* Succession to the Crown Act 1707
The Succession to the Crown Act 1707 (6 Ann c 41) is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is still partly in force in Great Britain.
The Act was passed at a time when Parliament was anxious to ensure the succession of a P ...
References
External links
Hansard, second reading in House of Lords
Prorogation, UK Parliament
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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1867