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PROROGATION ACT 1867 - SECT 1

Power to Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament by royal proclamation without any subsequent writ or commission under the Great Seal.

1. Whenever (save as herein-after excepted) Her Majesty shall be pleased, by
and with the advice of the Privy Council of Her Majesty, to issue her royal
proclamation to prorogue Parliament from the day to which it shall then stand
summoned or prorogued to any further day being not less than fourteen days
from the date thereof, such proclamation shall, without any subsequent issue
of a writ or writs patent or commission under the Great Seal of the United
Kingdom, be a full and sufficient notice to all persons whatever of such the
royal intention of Her Majesty, and the Parliament shall thereby stand
prorogued to the day and place in such proclamation appointed, notwithstanding
any former law, usage, or practice to the contrary.

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