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Municipal Corporations Act 1835

Short TitleThe Municipal Corporations Act 1835
ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdom
Long TitleAn Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales
Statute Book Chapter5 & 6 Will.4 c.76
Territorial ExtentEngland and Wales
Royal Assent9 September 1835
Commencement1 January 1836
Repealing LegislationMunicipal Corporations Act 1882
StatusRepealed

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The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 Wm. IV., c.76) � sometimes known as the Municipal Reform Act, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in the incorporated boroughs of England and Wales. The legislation was part of the reform programme of the Whigs and followed the Reform Act 1832, which had abolished most of the rotten boroughs for parliamentary purposes.


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