Parliamentary Elections (No. 2) Act 1774

The Parliamentary Elections (No. 2) Act 1774 (14 Geo. 3. c. 58) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Parliamentary Elections (No. 2) Act 1774

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act for repealing an Act made in the First Year of the Reign of King Henry the Fifth, and so much of several Acts of the Eighth, Tenth, and Twenty-third Years of King Henry the Sixth, as relates to the Residence of Persons to be elected Members to serve in Parliament, or of the Persons by whom they are to be chosen.
Citation	14 Geo. 3. c. 58
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	2 June 1774
Commencement	13 January 1774
Repealed	21 August 1871
Other legislation
Amends	Electors of Knights of the Shires Act 1429 Electors of Knights of the Shire Act 1432 Parliamentary Elections Act 1444
Repeals/revokes	Parliamentary Elections Act 1413
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The act removed the requirement for residence for knights of the shire and burgesses to serve in parliament and abolished the outdated requirement that voters must reside in the county where their qualifying freehold property was located.

Provisions

Section 1 of the act repealed the Parliamentary Elections Act 1413 (1 Hen. 5 c. 1) and so much of the Electors of Knights of the Shires Act 1429 (8 Hen. 6. c. 7), Electors of Knights of the Shire Act 1432 (10 Hen. 6. c. 2) and Parliamentary Elections Act 1444 (23 Hen. 6. c. 14) "as relates to the residence of persons to be elected members to serve in parliament, or of the persons by whom they are to be chosen".

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116), which came into force on 21 August 1871.