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Parkstone Grammar School Parkstone Grammar School (commonly abbreviated to "PGS") is a selective, all girls state-school in Poole, on the south coast of England. The school is situated in the northern end of the town (less than a mile away from Poole Grammar School).
Parksville, British Columbia Parksville is a city on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Dubbed by some The Jewel of Vancouver Island, it is located along provincial highway 19A, 37 kilometres north of Nanaimo, and 7 kilometres south of Qualicum Beach, lying between Englishman River and French Creek.
Parkton, North Carolina Parkton is a town in Robeson County, North Carolina, in the Lumberton metro area, in the United States. So named because it was a place where farmers tied up their horses while waiting for the train As of the 2000 census, the town population was 428.
Parktone Primary School Parktone Primary School is a small public school located in the suburb of Parkdale in Victoria, Australia. Its unusual name is due to the previous existence of schools Parkdale Primary School and Mentone Primary School when Parktone was established.
Parktown North, Gauteng Parktown North is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is one of the older residential areas of the Northern Suburbs, having been created as a residential area for the poorer relatives of the Randlords who had built their mansions on Parktown Ridge during the early days of the Rand gold rush (during the 1890s).
Parktown, Gauteng Parktown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was begun in 1892, when Florence Phillips rode north from the dusty mining town of early Johannesburg and found a ridge (on which the present suburbs of Westcliff, Parktown and Linksfield are built) with a view over forests to the Magaliesberg mountains.
Parktronic Parktronic, also called Acoustic Parking System (APS) or Park sensor, is a parking-assistance system installed on some Audi vehicles. Parktronic uses ultrasonic sensors embedded in the front and rear bumpers to measure distance to [objects.
Parkveien 45 Parkveien 45 or Villa Parafina, is currently the foreign dignitary guest house in Oslo, the capital of Norway. Parkveien used to be the official residence of the Prime Minister, but has not been used as such for many years.
Parkview Baptist High School Parkview Baptist School (PBS) is a private, coeducational Christian school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Founded by members of Parkview Baptist Church, Parkview Baptist School was incorporated in 1981 under the provisions of Louisiana's nonprofit corporation law.
Parkview Community College of Technology Parkview Community College of Technology is the largest secondary school in the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. 946 pupils attend the school that sits at the bottom of West Avenue, facing Park Drive, and Barrow Public Park (The origin of the name).
Parkview International Parkview International (London) is related to the Hong Kong Parkview Group which is ultimately owned by the Hwang family, via a company called Kompass International Limited. The Hong Kong Parkview Group is registered in Bermuda.
Parkview School District Parkview School District a school district serving areas of Rock County, Wisconsin The district includes the villages of Orfordville and Footville, as well as the towns of Spring Valley, Plymouth, Magnolia and Newark.
Parkville, Victoria Parkville is an inner city suburb north of Melbourne, Victoria, bordered by North Melbourne to the south-west, Carlton and Carlton North to the south and east, Brunswick to the north, and Flemington to the west.
Parkway center North Harris College Parkway Center or Parkway center for short is a satellite campus of North Harris College located south of the main campus at the heart of the Greenspoint community. It was originally built in 1995 to better serve the Aldine and Greenspoint communities in particular for working adults who can not manage to travel to the main campus.
Parkway Drive Parkway Drive is a straight edge metalcore Band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. As of 2005, Parkway Drive has released an EP, entitled Don't Close Your Eyes, two split CDs, and a full-length album, Killing with a Smile.
Parkway Field Parkway Field is the name of a minor league baseball and college baseball park that stood in Louisville, Kentucky. It was home to the Louisville Colonels of the American Association from 1923 into the mid 1950s, and then of the University of Louisville team for several decades until they abandoned it in 1998 and moved to Cardinal Stadium).
Parkway Saint Joseph, Missouri Billed as the finest boulevard system in the United States, Saint Joseph, Missouri's Parkway ribbons through the city for 26 miles. Developed in 1918 by internationally known landscape architect George Burnap, Saint Joseph was one of the first cities in the United States to develop an imaginative and comprehensive parkway plan.
Parkwood Estate The Parkwood mansion, located in Oshawa, Ontario (Canada) was the home of Samuel McLaughlin (founder of General Motors of Canada) and was home to the McLaughlins from 1917 until 1972. Construction began in 1916 by the Toronto architectural firm of Darling and Pearson.
Parkwood, Philadelphia Parkwood is a neighborhood located in the Far Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The neighborhood is generally bound by Red Lion Road to the east of the Roosevelt Boulevard, Knights Road to the northwest and Academy Road to the southeast.
Parkwoods Village Drive Parkwoods Village Drive is a connector street between York Mills Road and Ellesmere Road, west of Victoria Park Avenue, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was built in the early 1960s, when suburban growth into North York and Scarborough townships added to the need to join these former Concession Roads.
ParkZone ParkZone™ is a brand of intermediate-level, radio controlled electric model aircraft produced and distributed by American hobby manufacturer Horizon Hobby of Champaign, Illinois, USA. The name is taken from the term park flyer, denoting a relatively small, docile model plane ostensibly capable of being flown in a park.
ParkZone Focke-Wulf 190 The ParkZone™ Focke-Wulf 190 is an electric-powered park flyer-class RTF foam R/C airplane designed, manufactured and distributed by ParkZone, a division of Horizon Hobby of Champaign, Illinois, USA. Introduced in early 2006, it is the division's newest model.
ParkZone J-3 Cub The ParkZone™ J-3 Cub is a ready-to-fly, scale R/C electric park flyer-sized airplane distributed by ParkZone, a division of Horizon Hobby of Champaign, Illinois, USA. A slightly different version is sold under the Kyosho brand.
Parlange plantation house The Parlange Plantation, built about 1750 in southeastern Louisiana, is a classic example of a large French colonial plantation house in the United States. Exemplifying the style of the semitropical Louisiana country house, the Parlange Plantation House is a two-story raised cottage.
Parlay (gambling) A parlay or accumulator is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers and is dependent on all of those wagers winning together. The benefit of the parlay is that there are much higher payoffs than placing each individual bet separately since the difficulty of hitting it is much higher.
Parlay Entertainment Parlay Entertainment () is a Canadian-based developer of online bingo software. Parlay Entertainment claims to have invented online bingo software, and they do hold a patent for their online bingo software platform.
Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Parle Tilak Vidyalaya (also known as PTV) is an educational institution in the Vile Parle, Mumbai. It consists of three schools - the PTV Marathi Medium Secondary School, the PTV Marathi Medium Primary School and the PTV English Medium School.
Parlement Parlements (pronounced in French) in ancien régime France were political institutions that developed out of the previous council of the king, the Conseil du roi or curia regis. In the thirteenth century, judicial functions were added.
Parlement Jeunesse du Québec The Parlement Jeunesse du Québec (“PJQ”) is one of a number of provincial youth parliaments across Canada. The PJQ held its first session in 1949, under the name “Older Boys’ Parliament of Quebec” (“OBPQ”).
Parlement of Foules The "Parlement of Foules" (also known as the "Parliament of Fowls," "Parlement of Briddes," "Assembly of Fowls" or "Assemble of Foules") is a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343?-1400) made up by approximately 700 lines.
Parlet Parlet was a female spinoff group from P-Funk formed by veteran background vocalists Mallia Franklin, Jeanette Washington and Debbie Wright. Washington and Wright were the first female members in Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975.
Parley Baer Parley Baer (5 August 1914 – 22 November 2002) was an American character actor in film, television, and radio. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Parley Baer had a circus background, but began his radio career at local station KSL.
Parley P. Pratt Parley Parker Pratt (12 April 1807–13 May 1857) (commonly known as Parley P. Pratt) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of The Quorum of Twelve Apostles from 1835 until his murder in 1857.
Parlez-moi Parlez-moi (French for "Talk To Me") was an educational television series which was produced and broadcast by TVOntario from 1978 to 1980, with repeat broadcasts for several years afterwards. The host was Marc Favreau, who also played Sol the Clown.
Parli Pro Parli Pro is an acronym for the National FFA Organization Parliamentary Procedure Career Development Event. The main use of the term is specifically though the California Association of Future Farmers of America, but has seen use throughout the organization, along with slang usage in other forums.
Parliament (band) Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clinton's Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. The name was soon abandoned due to legal issues with Revilot and Atlantic Records, and most of the same people recorded under the name Funkadelic, which consisted of The Parliaments' backing musicians, most importantly Billy Bass Nelson.
Parliament (cigarette) Parliament is a brand of cigarette manufactured by Altria (formerly Philip Morris). Parliaments are distinctive for their recessed paper filter, in contrast to the solid foam filters on other filtered cigarettes.
Parliament Building (Quebec) The Parliament Building (French: Hôtel du Parlement) is an eight-floor building and home to the Parliament of Quebec (composed of the Lieutenant-Governor and the National Assembly) in Quebec City. The building was designed by architect Eugène-Étienne Taché and was built from 1877 to 1886.
Parliament Building, Guyana Guyana's Parliament Building, designed by Joseph Hadfield, was built on a foundation of greenheart logs. The foundation stone was laid in 1829 and, in April 1834, the structure, stuccoed to resemble stone blocks, was completed.
Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland) Parliament Buildings, known as Stormont because of its location in the Stormont area of Belfast, served as the seat of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and successive Northern Ireland assemblies and conventions. It is now the home of the Northern Ireland Assembly created under the Belfast Agreement, and also of the Executive Committee or power-sharing cabinet created under the Agreement, in which nationalists and unionists share power in a form of consociational democracy.
Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada The first Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada were built at the foot of Parliament and Front Streets in York, Upper Canada (now Toronto, Ontario). The complex of three buildings (two wood and one brick) served from 1798–1813, when it was burned to the ground by invading United States troops during the War of 1812.
Parliament compilations Parliament Compilations is a set of compilation albums by Funk and Doo Wop band Parliament. A notable entry is Tear The Roof Off 1974-1980, a double album set that features many uncut versions of their most popular recordings, some of which were rare or unreleased beforehand.
Parliament Hill Parliament Hill, (French Colline du Parlement), -"The Hill" for locals- is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada.
Parliament Hill School The Parliament Hill School for Girls is a specialist technology college in the Borough of Camden in London, England. It has Investors in People accreditation and participates in the London Excellence in Work Experience Scheme.
Parliament Hill, London Parliament Hill is an open area of land in north-west London adjacent to Hampstead Heath administered by the Corporation of London. The Highgate area around the Hill is also sometimes referred to by the same name, and the area's girls' school, Parliament Hill School, is named after it.
Parliament House, Adelaide Parliament House in Adelaide is the seat of the Parliament of South Australia. Built to replace the crowded Old Parliament House, the current Parliament House was constructed in stages over 65 years due to financial restraints.
Parliament House, Edinburgh Parliament House in Edinburgh, Scotland, was home to the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament, and is now used by the High Court of Justiciary and the Court of Session. It is located in the Old Town, just off the Royal Mile, beside St Giles Cathedral.
Parliament House, Hobart Parliament House, Hobart is located on Salamanca Place in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. An important building of the Government of Tasmania, it is the home of the Parliament of Tasmania, including the Tasmanian Legislative Council and Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Parliament House, Melbourne Parliament House, Melbourne, has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, since 1855, except for the years 1901 to 1927, when it was occupied by the Parliament of Australia. It is the largest 19th century public building in Australia and one of the finest examples of the civic architecture of the British Empire period anywhere in the world.
Parliament House, Perth Parliament House, Perth is located on Harvest Terrace in Perth, Western Australia. An important building of the Government of Western Australia, it is the home of the Parliament of Western Australia, including the Western Australian Legislative Council and Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
Parliament House, Singapore The Parliament House of Singapore is a public building and cultural landmark and houses the Parliament of Singapore. It is located in the Civic District of the Downtown Core within Singapore's central business district (the Central Area).
Parliament of Australia The Parliament of Australia is the legislative branch of Australia. According to Section 1 of the Constitution of Australia, Parliament consists of the Queen of Australia, the House of Representatives (the "lower house"), and the Senate (the "upper house" or "house of review").
Parliament of Barbados The Parliament of Barbados is the supreme legislative institution of the country of Barbados. The Parliament of Barbados is bicameral between the Senate ("Upper House") and House of Assembly ("Lower House").
Parliament of Canada The Parliament of Canada (French: Parlement du Canada) is Canada's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. According to Section 17 of the Constitution Act, 1867, Parliament consists of three components: the Sovereign (la Couronne), the Senate (le SĂ©nat), and the House of Commons (la Chambre des communes).
Parliament of Catalonia The Parliament of Catalonia is one of the institutions that form the Generalitat de Catalunya, together with the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Executive Board or Government. It represents the people of Catalonia, Spain and is at present formed by 135 deputies, who are elected by universal suffrage.
Parliament of Croatia The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian (the word sabor meaning assembly or congress). Under the terms of the Croatian Constitution, the Sabor represents the people and is vested with the legislative power.
Parliament of Georgia Parliament of Georgia () is the supreme legislature of Georgia. It is unicameral and has 235 members, known as deputies, from which 150 members are proportional representatives and 85 are elected through single-member district plurality system, representing their constituencies.
Parliament of Great Britain The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 by the Acts of Union passed by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts created a new Kingdom of Great Britain and dissolved both the English and Scottish parliaments, replacing them with a new Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain based in the former home of the English parliament.
Parliament of Greenland The Parliament of Greenland is the legislature (in this case, a parliament) in the government of Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark. In Kalaallisut, it is called the Kalaallit Nunaanni Inatsisartut, and in Danish, the Grønlands Landsting.
Parliament of Kazakhstan The Parliament of Kazakhstan (Parlamenti) is the bicameral legislature of the Government of Kazakhstan. The lower house is the Assembly, with 77 seats, elected to four year terms, 67 in single seat constituencies and 10 by proportional representation.
Parliament of Lebanon The Parliament of Lebanon is the Lebanese national legislature. It is elected to a four-year term by universal adult suffrage in multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's diverse Christian and Muslim denominations.
Parliament of Malaysia The Parliament of Malaysia is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system of Parliament. It consists of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives or literally People's Hall, in Malay) and the Dewan Negara (Nation's Hall in Malay; however, it is commonly referred to as the Senate).
Parliament of Montenegro The Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro (Скупштина Републике Црне Горе or Skupština Republike Crne Gore) is the legislature of Montenegro. The Parliament currently has 81 members, each elected for a four year term.
Parliament of New South Wales The Parliament of New South Wales consists of the New South Wales Legislative Council, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the Governor of New South Wales. The two legislative chambers of the New South Wales Parliament are housed in the historic Parliament House on Macquarie Street, Sydney.
Parliament of New Zealand The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. However most people incorrectly refer to the House of Representatives as 'Parliament'.
Parliament of Northern Ireland The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. It was subsequently abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.
Parliament of Serbia The unicameral parliament of Serbia is known as the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Народна скупштина Републике Србије / Narodna skupština Republike Srbije). The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Predrag Marković (G17 Plus).
Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro The Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro (Скупштина Србије и Црне Горе/Skupština Srbije i Crne Gore) was the national assembly of Serbia and Montenegro. The parliament was unicameral and was made up of 126 deputies, of which 91 were from Serbia and 35 were from Montenegro.
Parliament of Southern Ireland The Parliament of Southern Ireland was set up during the Anglo-Irish War under the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, evolving out of the Home Rule Act 1914, to legislate for "Southern Ireland", a political entity envisaged by the British government which never became a reality. The Parliament was bicameral, consisting of a House of Commons and a Senate.
Parliament of the World's Religions There have been several meetings referred to as a Parliament of the World’s Religions, most notably the World's Parliament of Religions of 1893, the first attempt to create a global dialogue of faiths. The event was celebrated by another conference on its centenary in 1993.
Parliament of Tuvalu The Parliament of Tuvalu (Fale i Fono, also sometimes known as the House of Assembly) is the unicameral national legislature in Tuvalu. It was first established when Tuvalu separated from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1975, three years before it officially gained independence.
Parliament of Western Australia The Parliament of Western Australia consists of the Western Australian Legislative Council, the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the Governor of Western Australia. The Parliament sits at Parliament House in Harvest Terrace, Perth.
Parliament railway station, Melbourne Parliament is an underground railway station in the suburban train network of Melbourne, Australia. It is one of five stations (and one of three underground) on the City Loop, which encircles the central business district.
Parliament Street, Exeter Parliament Street is a 50m long street in Exeter, England, which links the High Street to Waterbeer Lane and dates from the 14th century. It was formerly called Small Lane and was renamed when Parliament was derided by the city council for passing the 1832 Reform Bill.
Parliament-Funkadelic Parliament-Funkadelic is a Funk music collective headed and refereed by George Clinton , that specialised in P Funk and performed under the guise of not only Parliament and Funkadelic (two bands comprised of the same members, recording for different labels), but also in a score of offshoot groups and solo ventures. Recording under a myriad of names, this group had thirteen Top Ten hits in the U.
Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives The office of the Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives is an "office managed, supervised and administered by a non-partisan Parliamentarian appointed by the Speaker of the House. This office is responsible for advising the presiding officer, members and staff on the rules and procedures of the House as well as for compiling and preparing the precedents of the House.
Parliamentarian of the United States Senate The Parliamentarian is the Senate's advisor on the interpretation of its rules and procedures. As the Presiding Officer of the Senate often is not fully aware of the parliamentary situation currently facing the Senate, staff from the Parliamentarian's office sit on the Senate dais to advise the Presiding Officer on how to respond to inquiries and motions from Senators.
Parliamentary agents Parliamentary Agents are firms of solicitors who are licensed by the Houses of Parliament to draft, promote and oppose Private Bills. Private Bills are a specific class of legislation promoted by organisations outside Parliament to obtain powers for themselves that differ from the general law.
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman comprises the offices of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (PCA) and the Health Service Commissioner for England (HSC). It is the official ombudsman institution responsible for investigating complaints regarding whether governmental departments, agencies and some other public bodies in the United Kingdom, and the National Health Service (NHS) in England, have acted properly or fairly, or have provided poor service.
Parliamentary and News Network Parliamentary and News Network (PNN) was an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio network dedicated to broadcasting the Australian Parliament's "Question Time" sessions and an all-news service when Parliament was not in session.
Parliamentary authority A Parliamentary Authority is a generic term for a book with procedural rules for the conduct of meetings; it is synonymous with the terms rules of order and "parliamentary manual." The society generally adopts such a book to cover meeting procedure not covered in the society's adoptive procedural rules.
Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is a United Kingdom Parliament Associate Parliamentary Group which exists "to promote transport safety legislation to protect human life".
Parliamentary Archives The Parliamentary Archives of the United Kingdom preserves and makes available to public the records of the House of Lords and House of Commons back to 1497, as well as some 200 other collections of Parliamentary interest. The present title was officially adopted in November 2006, as a change from the previous title, House of Lords Record Office.
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is one of the institutions of the Council of Europe. It is composed of representatives elected by the national parliaments of the member states from among their membership.
Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is a body of parliamentarians from the OSCE's member states. At the close of its fifteenth Annual Session, held from 3 to 7 July 2006, the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE elected Göran Lennmarker as its new President, to serve a one-year term.
Parliamentary borough Parliamentary boroughs are boroughs that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. The term came into use in the 19th century in the United Kingdom, when certain boroughs were disenfranchised, becoming merely municipal boroughs.
Parliamentary Borough of Reading The Parliamentary Borough of Reading was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire, and elected two Members of Parliament.
Parliamentary Boroughs and associated County Constituencies 1832-1918 This article lists Parliamentary Boroughs and associated County Constituencies 1832-1918. The significance of this list is that during this period non-resident 40 shilling freeholders in a borough, qualified for a parliamentary vote in the county.
Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland The lower house of the Irish parliament, Dáil Éireann, currently contains 166 Teachtaí Dála (TDs), representing 43 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland. Depending on its size, each constituency must have at least 3 members.
Parliamentary constituencies of Finland The Finnish Eduskunta, or Parliament, is made up of 200 members, elected from 15 separate geographic areas, or constituencies. All of the constituencies, with the exception of Ă…land, elect multiple members, ranging between seven and 33 depending on the constituency's population.
Parliamentary copyright Parliamentary copyright was first created in the United Kingdom by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Prior to this legislation being passed, what is now covered by Parliamentary copyright was Crown copyright.
Parliamentary Commission about Cults in France The French authorities set up the Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France (Commission parlementaire sur les sectes en France) on 11 July 1995 following the events involving the members of the Order of the Solar Temple in late 1994 in the French region of Vercors, in Switzerland and in Canada. Chaired by deputy Alain Gest, a member of the Union for French Democracy conservative party, the Commission had to determine what constitutes a cult (compared to (for example) legitimate new religious movements (NRMs)).
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata in Māori) is an independent Officer of the New Zealand Parliament appointed for a five-year term under the Environment Act 1986.
Parliamentary Counsel Office The Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) is a team of lawyers who draft legislation for the Parliament of the United Kingdom, principally government bills, but also certain Orders in Council and other secondary legislation.
Parliamentary dissolution power of Latvian President If the President of Latvia decides to dissolve the Saeima (parliament), the Constitution calls for a referendum to be held immediately. If the referendum passes, the current Saeima's term ends and elections for a new one will be held; if the referendum fails, the President is stripped of his office.
Parliamentary Debate Parliamentary Debate, is an academic debate event. Most university level institutions in English speaking nations sponsor parliamentary debate teams, but the format is currently spreading to the high school level as well.
Parliamentary elections in Singapore The Parliamentary elections in Singapore began with the independence of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia on 9 August 1965, thus renaming the Singapore State Government's Legislative Assembly as the Parliament of Singapore. Henceforth, elections held to form the parliament are known as the Parliamentary elections.
Parliamentary Elections Act The Parliamentary Elections Act is an act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Singapore regulating the procedures, requirements and laws for parliamentary elections in Singapore. It also sets requirements for candidacy and disqualifying circumstances in which candidates can be barred from running in the elections.
Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918 The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918 was the result of centuries of development in different kinds of constituencies. The three Reform Acts of the nineteenth century brought about some order by amending franchises in a uniform manner (see Reform Act 1832, Reform Act 1867 and Representation of the People Act 1884).
Parliamentary immunity Parliamentary immunity, also know as legislative immunity, is a system in which members of the parliament or legislature are granted partial immunity from prosecution. Before prosecuting, it is necessary that the immunity be removed, usually by a superior court of Justice, or the parliament itself.

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