Representation of the People Act is a stock short title used in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Mauritius, Pakistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and Vanuatu for legislation dealing with the electoral system.Alder and Syrett. Constitutional and Administrative Law. (Palgrave Law Masters). 11th Edition. 2017. p 294. Birch. The British System of Government. 10th Edition. Routledge. 1998. Taylor & Francis e-Library. 2006. p 17. Representation of the People Acts is a collective title for legislation relating to representation of the people, including Rating Acts and other Registration Acts.See, for example, the definition in section 8(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1884, read with the definition of the Registration Acts in section 8(2) The title was first used in the United Kingdom in the Representation of the People Act 1832 and was adopted in other countries of, or formerly part of, the British Empire through the spread of the Westminster parliamentary system.
Antigua and Barbuda The Representation of the People Act 1975 (No 19)West Indian Reports, Index Volume, Volumes 31 to 55, p 237Dundas. Compendium of Election Laws, Practices and Cases of Selected Commonwealth Countries. Vol 1, Pt 2. 1998. p 1127.
Bahamas The Representation of the People Act, 1969 (No 40) The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1975 (No 25)Acts of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas for the Year 1975, pp 324 to 3298 Lawyer of the Americas 402 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1977 (No 3)Acts of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, 1977 The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1981 (No 6) The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1982 (No 1)"Legislation" (1983) 6 West Indian Law Journal 193
Bangladesh The Representation of the People Order, 1972 The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1981 (XVI)The Union Parishad and Parliamentary Election Laws and Rules in Bangladesh. 1997. p 221.Rahman. Law on Election in Bangladesh. 1995. p 61
Barbados An Act of Barbados passed on 6 June 1840 had the title "An Act to amend the representation of the people of this Island, and to declare who shall be liable to serve on Juries".Laws of Barbados for Session 1875, & 1875-'76. p 33 An Act supplemental to this Act was passed on 30 December 1842.Laws of Barbados for Session 1891-'92, Part 1, p 55 The Representation of the People Act, 1891 (No 54) (c 64)Laws of Barbados. By Authority. Revised and Consolidated by the Commissioners, Henry A Bovell and W Herbert Greaves. Printed by T E King & Co. Roebuck Street, Barbados. 1893. Volume 3. Pages 238 to 269.Laws of Barbados for Session 1891-'92. Part 2. T E King & Co. Barbados. 1892. 1891 c 64. The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1896 (Act 36)"Legislation of the Empire, 1896" (1897) 2 Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation 238 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1897 (Act 6) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1898 (No 13) also called the Representation of the People Act, 1898Laws of Barbados, T E King, 1899, vol 4, p 438 and index"Franchise" in "West Indies: Barbados" (1899) 1 Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation 561 The Representation of the People Act, 1901 (No 2) The Representation of the People Act (1951) (No 40)Emmanuel. General Elections in the Eastern Caribbean: A Handbook. 1979. p 188. The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1953Annual Report on Barbados, p 55This Act should not be confused with Bill 13A in India: The Gazette of India Extraordinary, p 1029 The Representation of the People Act, 1955 (No 46)1 Barbados Law Reports 71 and 72"Election Officers (Remuneration and Travelling Allowance) Regulations 1957", Subsidiary Legislation for the Year 1957 with Index, p 10. The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1956 (No 52)1 Barbados Law Reports xii, 71 and 72Laws of Barbados 1957, p 246 The Representation of the People Act, 1957 (No 50)"Representation of the People Act, 1957". Laws of Barbados 1957.(1964) 4 Barbados Law Reports xii, 179 and 182Peaslee, Constitutions of Nations, Revised 3rd Ed, Martinus Nijoff, 1970, vol 4, p 59 The Representation of the People Act, 1971 (No 15)Re Harewood (1972) 20 West Indian Reports 28 and 29Laing, "Election Statutes and the Concept of Nullity (1975) 4 Anglo-American Law Review 80, footnote 5Yearbook on Human Rights for 1971, p 17Emmanuel. Elections and Party Systems in the Commonwealth Caribbean, 1944-1991. 1992. p 102.
Belize The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1953 (No 13)British Honduras Gazette, 6 August 1960, p 406 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953 (No 25)"Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance" Ordinances of British Honduras passed in the Year 1953. p 317.British Honduras Gazette, 25 July 1959, p 356 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1960 (No 8)British Honduras: Report for the Years 1959-61. 1963. p 66Ordinances of British Honduras Passed in the Year 1960, p 37British Honduras Gazette, 6 August 1960, p 410 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1968 (No 8) The Representation of the People Ordinance 1978The Constitution of Belize, 1981, p 49Fernandez. Belize: Case Study for Democracy in Central America. 1989. p 73 The Representation of the People Act 1980Belize Gazette, 8 November 1991, pp 1021 to 1027Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, 1997, p 317
Ghana The Representation of the People (Women Members) Act, 1959 (No 72) The Representation of the People (Women Members) Act, 1960 (No 8) The Representation of the People Decree, 1968 (NLCD 255)"Statute Citator" (1979) 11 Review of Ghana Law 135The Ghana Law Reports, Index 1971-1976, pp 196 & 422 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (NLCD 270)Repealed by the Representation of the People Law, 1992 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree, 1969 (NLCD 350)A Sourcebook of the Constitutional Law of Ghana.(1969) 3 Annual Survey of African Law xxv The Representation of the People (Amendment) (No. 2) Decree, 1969 (NLCD 363) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree, 1979 (SMCD 230)"Statutes" (1979) 11 Review of Ghana Law 138 The Representation of the People Law, 1992 (PNDCL 284)"Representation of the People Law, 1992", Laws of the Provisional National Defense Council Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports 160 and 238 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Law, 1992 (PNDCL 296)"Representation of the People (Amendment) Law, 1992". Laws of the Provisional National Defense Council Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports 238
Grenada The Representation of the People Act 1993 (No 35) (Cap 286A)"Legislation" (1998) 3 Caribbean Law Bulletin 225
Guyana The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1953 (No 5)Report on British Guiana for the Year 1953, p 108: The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1957 (No 3)Yearbook on Human Rights for 1957. p 284 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1961Report on British Guiana for the Year 1961. pp 167 & 168. The Representation of the People Act (1964) (Cap 1.03)Ramcharan. The Guyana Court of Appeal. p 65.Phillips. Freedom in the Caribbean: A Study in Constitutional Change. Oceana Publications. 1977. p 187 The Representation of the People (Adaptation and Modification of Laws) Act 1968 (No 16)Brandt v Attorney General of Guyana (1971) 71 International Law Reports 450 at 479James and Lutchman. Law and the Political Environment in Guyana. Institute of Development Studies, University of Guyana. 1984. p xxiii.
India The Representation of the People Act, 1950 (No 43) The Representation of the People Act, 1951 (No 43) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1956 (No 2)Rama Devi and Mendiratta. How India Votes. 2nd Edition. LexisNexis Butterworths. 2007. p 481.(1976) 10 Indian Political Science Review 84 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1963 (No 2)Digest of Central Acts and Constitutional Cases. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1963. vol 1. p 2.The Gujarat Government Gazette, Part VI, 21 February 1963, p 239Acts of Parliament 1963, p 5 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1966 (No 47)Acts of Parliament 1966, p 416R Mohan Krishnapuram. Sovereignty of Parliament in India. Deep & Deep Publications. 1985. pp 84 to 86. The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1975"Imprints of Marshallian Judicial Statesmanship" (1980) 22 Journal of the Indian Law Institute 255(1996) 30 Journal of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies 230(1975) 46 Australian Foreign Affairs Record 648 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1992Acts of Parliament 2001, pp 208 & 209Ghosh. Election Laws. Law Publishers (India). 3rd Edition. 2001. pp 3 & 7. The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance 1955 (No 7)The Current Indian Statutes. 1956. p 63. Act No 3 of 1956, s 29.Lok Sabha Debates, 18 February 1956, col 222Hans Raj. Encyclopaedia of Indian Parliament. Anmol. 1996. vol 1. p 152 The Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957 (Act 4)The All India Reporter 1960, p 308Bashir Ahmad Magrey v Ghulam Quadir Mir 2 Supreme Court Reports 303Manual of Jammu and Kashmir Election Law. Government of Jammu and Kashmir, Department of Law, Codification Branch. 3rd Edition. 1977. p 30. The Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1961 (No 1)Summary of Legislation in India 1962. Ministry of Law. p 80Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Bulletin. Eleventh Session. 1962. p 3.Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council Debates. 26 February 1962. p 3. The Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1982 (No 1)Report on the Election to the Office of President of India, 1982 and Legislative Assemblies, Delhi Metropolitan Council, 1982-83. Election Commission of India. 1983. p 101.Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council Debates, 20 February 1982, p 16
Jamaica The Representation of the People Law, 1944 (Cap 342) (Law 44) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Law, 1950 (Law 10)"Legislation", Colonial Reports: Jamaica: 1950, p 73 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Law, 1955 (Law 44)Report on Jamaica for the Year 1955, p 271 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Law, 1958 (No 44)Jamaica: Report for the year 1958, p 72"Electoral Law and Administration in Jamaica" (1969) Social and Economic Studies 17 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1963 (No 54)Barnett. The Constitutional Law of Jamaica. 1977. pp 199 & 202(1975) 7 Lawyer of the Americas 600 The Representation of the People (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1965Annual Survey of Commonwealth Law 1966, pp xxxii and 92 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1966Annual survey of Commonwealth Law 1966, pp xxxii and 132 The Representation of the People (Official Lists) (Special Provisions) Act 1972 (No 10)"Jamaica" in "Inter-American Legal Developments" (1973) 5 Lawyer of the Americas 73 The Representation of the People (Interim Electoral Reform) Act 1979 (No 20)Jamaica: Consolidated Index of Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation to 1st January 1982, p 122Emmanuel. Governance and Democracy in the Commonwealth Caribbean: An Introduction. 1993. p 116 The Representation of the People (Validity of Official List of Electors) Act 1982 The Representation of the People (Official Lists) (Special Provisions) Act 1983 (No 11)8 West Indian Law Journal 130 The Representation of the People (Interim Electoral Reform) (Amendment) Act 1984(1984) 8 West Indian Law Journal 234 The Representation of the People (Interim Electoral Reform) (Amendment) Act 1990 The Representation of the People (Interim Electoral Reform) Amendment Act 1995(October 1996) 1 Caribbean Law Bulletin 148 and 166
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