The Demise of the Crown Act 1901 (1 Edw. 7. c. 5) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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.
Subsequent developments Section 1(2) of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part I of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973, which came into force on 18 July 1973.
In the Republic of Ireland, the act was repealed in its entirety by the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.
See also Demise of the Crown Demise of the Crown Act 1702 Demise of the Crown Act 1727 King's Counsel
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Bibliography 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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