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House of Commons (Disqualifications) Act 1801

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VPersons holding new Places under the Lord Lieutenant shall in future be disabled.

And be it further enacted, That, from and after the Dissolution or other Determination of this present Parliament, no Person who shall have in his own Name, or in the Name of any Person or Persons in Trust for him or his Benefit, any Office or Place of Profit, from or by the Nomination or Appointment, or by any Appointment subject to the Approbation of the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, Lord Justices, or other Chief Governor or Governors of that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, created or erected at any Time after the passing of an [Irish Act, 22 Geo. III, c. 41.] Act of the Parliament of Ireland, in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for securing the Freedom and Independence of the House of Commons, by excluding therefrom Persons holding any Offices under the Crown to be hereafter created, or holding certain Offices therein enumerated, or Pensions for Terms of Years, or during His Majesty's Pleasure, shall be capable of being elected or chosen a Member of, or of sitting or voting as a Member of, the House of Commons of any Parliament of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in any Parliament which shall hereafter be summoned and holden.

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