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The Meeting of Parliament Act 1797 (37. Geo. III, c. 127) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1797. Section 1 established that 14 days were to elapse from the proclamation of a new Parliament to the meeting of Parliament. Section 3 enacted that in case of the demise of the monarch after one Parliament had been dissolved, but before the day indicated by the Writ of Summons for electing a new Parliament, then the previous Parliament (i.e. that which had been dissolved) was to be recalled immediately to Westminster. It would there sit as a parliament for the next six months, to all intents and purposes as though it had not been previously dissolved; it could, however, be dissolved or prorogued at any point during this time by the new monarch. A new writ would be issued, and the election would take place. (This replaced the less detailed Succession to the Crown Act 1707, s. 6.) Section 5 provided that if the monarch died after the date of the election, then the newly elected Parliament would meet as normal. Section 1 was amended in 1943 to remove the 14-day limit. The rest of the Act has been repealed. ==References== *Costin, W. C. and Watson, Steven J. (ed.). ''The Law & Working of the Constitution: Documents 1660-1914''. A & C Black, 1952. Vol. II (1784-1914), p. 16. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meeting of Parliament Act 1797」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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