Demise_of_the_Crown_Act_1901

Demise of the Crown Act 1901

Demise of the Crown Act 1901

United Kingdom legislation

The Demise of the Crown Act 1901 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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It provides that the holding of any office under the Crown shall not be affected, nor shall any fresh appointment thereto be rendered necessary, by the demise of the Crown.

Section 1 (2) provided that the Act took effect retrospectively "as from the last demise of the Crown"; i.e. the death of Queen Victoria. Section 1 (2) was repealed as spent legislation by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973.

In the Republic of Ireland, the Act was repealed in its entirety by the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

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    Short title as conferred by s. 2 of the Act; the modern convention for the citation of short titles omits the comma after the word "Act"

Other sources

  • The Law & Working of the Constitution: Documents 1660-1914, ed. W. C. Costin & J. Steven Watson. A&C Black, 1952. Vol. II (1784-1914), p. 136
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