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. This act is Chapter II Rot. Parl. pt. 1. nu. 2. The sections of the act still in force require that

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hold a session at least once every three years. The act required Parliament to meet annually and to hold general elections once every three years. The act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010.

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. 2011. . Part I. Page 70, read with pages viii and x. The whole act was repealed for the

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, * John Raithby (editor).

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. 1819. Volume 6. Page 510
Digitised copy
from British History Online.

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