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The Parliament Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5.c. 13) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It is constitutionally important and partly governs the relationship between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two Houses of Parliament.
David Lloyd George. The 1911 Act was a reaction to the clash between the Liberal government and the House of Lords, culminating in the so-called "People's Budget" of 1909.In this Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George proposed the introduction of a land tax based on the ideas of the American tax reformer Henry George. [3]
The Defense Secrets Act of 1911 (Pub. L. 61–470) was one of the first laws in the United States specifically criminalizing the disclosure of government secrets.It was based in part on the British Official Secrets Act of 1889 [1] and criminalized obtaining or delivering "information respecting the national defense, to which he is not lawfully entitled".
The Apportionment Act of 1911 (Pub. L. 62–5, 37 Stat. 13) was an apportionment bill passed by the United States Congress on August 8, 1911. The law initially set the number of members of the United States House of Representatives at 433, effective with the 63rd Congress on March 4, 1913. [1]
An Act to give jurisdiction under section seventy-six and Part VIII. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, to certain British Courts in foreign countries. University of Wales (Medical Graduates) Act 1911
The Official Secrets Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5.c. 28) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It replaced the Official Secrets Act 1889. [3]The Act was introduced in response to public alarm at reports of wide-scale espionage, some of them fomented by popular novels and plays that dramatized the threat, supposedly from Germany, at a time of a rapid naval expansion.
The last country of the former British Empire to repeal the 1911 Act was Myanmar, whose parliament ratified a new, unified copyright law on 24 May 2019, [13] repealing both said Act as well as the Burma Merchandise Marks Act of 1889 and an outdated definition of "trademark" from the Burma Penal Code of 1861.
Perjury Act 1911; Protection of Animals Act 1911; Public Libraries (Art Galleries in County Boroughs) (Ireland) Act 1911; S. Shops Act 1911; T. Telephone Transfer Act ...