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An Act to amend the Law with respect to disqualifications on account of sex.
[23rd December 1919]
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C1This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland
A person shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from the exercise of any public function, or from being appointed to or holding any civil or judicial office or post, or from entering or assuming or carrying on any civil profession or vocation, or for admission to any incorporated society (whether incorporated by Royal Charter or otherwise), . . . F2:
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F1S. 1 repealed (S.), so far as relating to criminal proceedings, by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt. I
F2Words repealed (E.W.) by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), Sch. 6 Pt. I and (S.) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 55, SIF 72:2), Sch. 3
F3Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
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F4S. 2 repealed (E.W.) by Solicitors Act 1932 (c. 37), Sch. 4, and, as it applies to Scotland, by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I
Nothing in the statutes or charter of any university shall be deemed to preclude the authorities of such university from making such provision as they shall think fit for the admission of women to membership thereof, or to any degree, right, or privilege therein or in connection therewith.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919.
[F5(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6 any other enactment, Order in Council, Royal Charter, or provision, so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall cease to have effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7]
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F5S. 4(2) repealed (S.), so far as relating to criminal proceedings, by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt. I
F6Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)
F7Words repealed (E.W.) by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), Sch. 6 Pt. I and (S.) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 55, SIF 72:2), Sch. 3
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F8Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)
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