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PARLIAMENTARY OATHS ACT 1866

PARLIAMENTARY OATHS ACT 1866 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Law relating to Parliamentary Oaths.
[30th April 1866]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1893

PARLIAMENTARY OATHS ACT 1866 - SECT 1
Oath to be taken by members of Parliament.

1. The oath to be made and subscribed by members of both Houses
of Parliament on taking their seats in every Parliament shall be in
the form following:

S.2 rep. by SLR 1893

PARLIAMENTARY OATHS ACT 1866 - SECT 3
Time and manner of taking the oath.

3. The oath hereby appointed shall in every Parliament be solemnly
and publicly made and subscribed by every member of the House of
Peers at the table in the middle of the said House before he
takes his place in the said House, and whilst a full House of
Peers is there with their Speaker in his place, and by every
member of the House of Commons at the table in the middle of the
said House, and whilst a full House of Commons is there duly
sitting, with their Speaker in his chair, at such hours and
according to such regulations as each House may by its standing
orders direct.

S.4 rep. by SLR 1893

PARLIAMENTARY OATHS ACT 1866 - SECT 5
Penalty for voting or sitting without taking the oath.

5. If any member of the House of Peers votes by himself or his
proxy in the House of Peers, or sits as a peer during any debate
in the said House without having made and subscribed the oath
hereby appointed, he shall for every such offence be subject to a
penalty of five hundred pounds, to be recoverd by action in [the
High Court]; and if any member of the House of Commons votes as
such in the said House, or sits during any debate after the
Speaker has been chosen, without having made and subscribed the oath
hereby appointed, he shall be subject to a like penalty for every
such offence, and in addition to such penalty his seat shall be
vacated in the same manner as if he were dead.

S.6 rep. by SLR 1875

PARLIAMENTARY OATHS ACT 1866 - SECT 7
Short title.

7. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Parliamentary
Oaths Act, 1866."

Schedule rep. by SLR 1875