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b
section 4(a)
of, an

of schedule 1 to, the

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. ( 4 Hen. 8. c. 8), commonly known as Strode's Act, is an Act of the

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. It enacted

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in law, prohibiting any suit or prosecution from being brought or punishment being imposed against any MP or peer for speaking on any matter in parliament. The Act was originally a

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, passed in response to Strode's case, in which Strode had been imprisoned for obstructing

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, namely by introducing a bill for improving the working conditions of tin miners. In 1667, Parliament declared it to be of more general application. The privilege was later strengthened and generalized by the

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. The act was retained for the

b
section 2(2)(a)
of, and part 2 of schedule 1 to, the

Text of act

Section 1

Section 2

The words from "ov that" to "auctoritie", wherever those words occurred in this section, were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the

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References

Halsbury's Statutes ''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Me ...

External links

*List of legislative effects in the Republic of Ireland from th
Irish Statute Book
Acts of the Parliament of England 1512 Acts of the Parliament of England still in force {{England-statute-stub