An Act for amending the Laws relating to Election Petitions, and providing more effectually for the Prevention of corrupt Practices at Parliamentary Elections.
Citation
31 & 32 Vict. c. 125
Introduced by
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Commons)
Territorial extent
England and Wales
Scotland
Ireland
[1]
Dates
Royal assent
31 July 1868
Other legislation
Repealed by
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993
Status: Repealed
The Parliamentary Elections Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 125), sometimes known as the Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elections Act[2] or simply the Corrupt Practices Act 1868, is an act of the United Kingdom Parliament, since repealed. The effect of the act was to transfer responsibility for trying election petitions from the House of Commons to the judges of the High Court of Justice. The act was designed to, and did, provide a more effective measure for preventing corruption and fraud in parliamentary elections.
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^Morris, Caroline (2012). Parliamentary Elections, Representation and the Law. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8473-1936-4.
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