• The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 are two Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which form part of the constitution of the United Kingdom. Section...
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    together "as one" in their effects and that the two acts may be cited together as the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. The act effectively removed the right...
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    2 defined the act's short title as the "Parliament Act 1949" and stated that the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 should be construed together as one under...
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    two sessions in 1949), after which it could become law over their objections. However, regardless of the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949, the House of...
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    the Commons. The Parliament Acts: Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, which do not apply for bills seeking to extend Parliament's length to more than...
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    1914 Parliament Act 1949 The following are the acts of Parliament enacted without the consent of the Lords via the use of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949:...
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    Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying...
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    Parliament Act 1949 was itself invalid, as it had been passed using a similar procedure introduced by the Parliament Act 1911. A divisional court and...
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  • etc.) and personal acts are numbered using italic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The procedure set out in the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, which the House...
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    European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (category Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed under the Parliament Act)
    Kingdom. It received Royal Assent on 14 January 1999, after the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 had been invoked, as the House of Lords had rejected the bill...
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    War Crimes Act 1991 (category Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed under the Parliament Act)
    and so it was passed with the authority of only the House of Commons under the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. The Parliament Acts are...
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  • assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows...". The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 provide a second potential preamble if the House of Lords were...
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    Lords has also been significantly limited, most notably by the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, which allow money bills to be passed against the wishes of...
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  • United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. Section 2(2) of the Short Titles Act 1896 reads: If it is provided...
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    and the bill becomes law as an Act of Parliament. The House of Lords is the less powerful of the two houses as a result of the Parliament Acts 1911 and...
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  • the Government bowed to pressure and agreed to force the ban through the Lords under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. It passed in November 2004.[citation...
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  • struggle, in which the Labour party eventually invoked the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 after the House of Lords repeatedly blocked the bill. Tom Vilsack...
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  • the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. Peers can introduce bills except Money Bills, and all legislation must be passed by both Houses of Parliament. If not...
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    parliamentary pair. It was possible that the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 could have been employed to enact it, but the legislation was...
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  • wishes to. An example is the British House of Lords. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the House of Lords can no longer prevent the passage of most...
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  • even if rejected by the House of Lords if, by virtue of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, it remains possible for it to be presented for royal assent...
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  • constitution, many acts have been added to the collection of constitutional statutes,[clarification needed] such as the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Freedom...
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    legislation without the approval of the Lords by using the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. "Party Government Since 1857". US House of Representatives:...
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    Carta, the Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 and the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. A separate but similar document, the Claim of Right Act...
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    is a list of lists of acts of the several Parliaments and Assemblies that exist or formerly existed in the United Kingdom and the former Kingdoms of...
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  • The Act was rejected by the House of Lords, but the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 were invoked and so it became law in 1991 as the War Crimes Act. Montagu...
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  • Constitutional conventions of the United Kingdom Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 Grant, Moyra (2009). UK Parliament. Edinburgh University Press. Gold, Tanya (6...
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  • The Parliament Act normally refers to the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 which regulate the ability of the House of Commons to force legislation past the...
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    Act 1999, the power of the Lords had been diminished by the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 which stripped the Lords of the ability to veto most bills;...
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    a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from its establishment in 1801 up until the present. List of acts of the Parliament of the United...
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