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A23077 An act for the preventing of inconveniences hapning by the long intermission of Parliaments England and Wales. 1640 (1640) STC 9510.7; ESTC S4260 8,741 17

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or Borough shall not incurr the penalties in this Law so as an Election de facto be made And it is further enacted that no Parliament henceforth to be assembled shall be dissolved or prorogued within fifty dayes at the least after the time appointed for the meeting thereof unlesse it be by assent of His Majesty his Heirs or Successours and of both Houses in Parliament assembled And that neither the House of Peers nor the House of Commons shall be adjourned within fifty dayes at least after the meeting thereof unlesse it be by the free consent of every the said Houses respectively And be it further enacted and declared by authority of this present Parliament that the Peers to be assembled at any Parliament by vertue of this Act shall and may from time to time at any time during such their assembly in Parliament choose declare such person to be Speaker for the said Peers as they shall think fit And likewise that the said Knights Citizens and Burgesses to be assembled at any Parliament by vertue of this Act shall and may from time to time at any time during such their assembly in Parliament choose and declare one of themselves to be Speaker for the said Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Commons assembled in the said Parliament as they shall think fit which said Speakers and every of them aswell for the said Peers as for the said House of Commons respecitvely shall by vertue of this Act be perfect and compleat Speakers for the said Houses respectively and shall have as full and large power jurisdiction and privileges to all intents and purposes as any Speaker or Speakers of either of the said Houses respectively heretofore have had or enjoyed And it is further enacted and declared that all Parliaments hereafter to be assembled by authority of this Act and every member thereof shall have and enjoy all Rights Privileges Iurisdictions Immunities as any Parliament summoned by Writ under the great Seal of England or any Member thereof might or ought to have And all and every the Members that shall be elected and chosen to serve in any Parliament hereafter to be assembled by authority of this Act as aforesaid shall assemble and meet in the Commons House of Parliament and shall enter into the same and have voices in such Parliament before and without the taking of the several Oathes of Supremacy and Allegiance or either of them any Law or Statute to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Provided alwayes That if the Kings Majesty His Heirs or Successours shall at any time during any Parliament hereafter to be assembled by authority of this Act as aforesaid award or direct any Commission or Commissions unto any person or persons whatsoever thereby giving power and authority to him or them to take and receive the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance of all or any the members of the Commons house of Parliament and any the members of that House being duly required thereunto shall refuse or neglect to take and pronounce the same that from thenceforth such person so refusing or neglecting shall be deemed no Member of that House nor shall have any voice therein and shall suffer such pains and penalties as if he had presumed to sit in the same house without election return or authority And it is likewise provided and enacted that this Statute shall be publikely read yearly at every general Sessions of the peace to be held next after the Epiphany and every Assises then next ensuing by the Clerk of the Peace and Clerk of the Assises for the time being respectively and if they or either of them shall neglect or fail to do the same accordingly then such party so neglecting or failing shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds And it is lastly provided and enacted that His Majesties royal assent to this Bill shall not thereby determine this present Session of Parliament and that all Statutes and Acts of Parliament which are to have continuance unto the end of this present Session shall be of full force after His Majesties assent untill this present Session be fully ended and determined And if this present Session shall determin by dissolution of this present Parliament then all the Acts and Statutes aforesaid shall be continued untill the end of the first Session of the next Parliament