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TITLES DEPRIVATION ACT 1917 - SECT 1

1.(1) His Majesty may appoint a committee of His Privy Council, of which two
members at least shall be members of the Judicial Committee, to enquire into
and report the names of any persons enjoying any dignity or title as a peer or
British prince who have, during the present war, borne arms against His
Majesty or His Allies, or who have adhered to His Majesty's enemies.

(2) The Committee shall have power to take evidence on oath and to administer
an oath for the purpose, and may, if they think fit, act upon any evidence
given either orally or by affidavit based on information and belief, the
grounds of which are stated.

(3) Such report shall be laid upon the table of both Houses of Parliament for
the space of forty days, and, if by that time there has not been passed in
either House a motion disapproving of the report, it shall be taken as final
and presented to His Majesty.

(4) Where the name of any peer or prince is included in the report, then from
and after the date of the presentation of the report to His Majesty

(a)The name of such person, if he be a peer, shall be struck out of the
Peerage Roll, and all rights of such peer to receive a writ of summons and to
sit in the House of Lords or to take part in the election of representative
peers shall cease and determine:

(b)All privileges and all rights to any dignity or title, whether in respect
of a peerage or under any Royal Warrant or Letters Patent, shall cease and
determine.

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