Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1885

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Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1885
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to extend the Hours of Polling at Parliamentary and Municipal Elections.
Citation 48 & 49 Vict. c. 10
Territorial extent  United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent 28 April 1885
Commencement 14 August 1885
Repealed1 January 1940 (partial)
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Repealed by London Government Act 1939
Status: Partially repealed
Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1884
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to extend the Hours of Polling at Parliamentary and Municipal Elections in certain Boroughs.
Citation 47 & 48 Vict. c. 34
Dates
Repealed14 August 1885
Other legislation
Repealed by Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1885
Status: Repealed

The Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It became law on 28 April 1885.

It provided that at every parliamentary election and municipal election, the poll was to remain open from 8 o'clock a.m. to 8 o'clock p.m. It did not apply in places where no poll was held, or in elections to university constituencies. It repealed the Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1884, and went into force at the end of the enacting Parliament, meaning it first applied for the 1885 United Kingdom general election.

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