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title: "Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918"
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# Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918
1918 c.47
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Capacity of Women to sit in Parliament.
[21st November 1918]

## 1 Capacity of women to be members of Parliament. {#section-1}

A woman shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage for being elected to or sitting or voting as a Member of the Commons House of Parliament.

## 2 Short title. {#section-2}

This Act may be cited as the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918.