Representation of the People Act is a stock short title used in Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Mauritius, Pakistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and Vanuatu for legislation dealing with the electoral system. Representation of the People Acts is a collective title for legislation relating to representation of the people, including Rating Acts and other Registration Acts. The title was first used in the United Kingdom in the 1832 Great Reform Act and was adopted in other countries of, or formerly part of, the British Empire through the spread of the Westminster parliamentary system.
Antigua and Barbuda
The Representation of the People Act 1975 (No 19)
Bahamas
The Representation of the People Act, 1969 (No 40) The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1975 (No 25) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1977 (No 3) The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1981 (No 6) The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1982 (No 1)
Bangladesh
The Representation of the People Order, 1972
The Representation of the People Amendment Act, 1981 (XVI)
Barbados
An Act of Barbados passed on 6 June 1840 had the title "An Act to amend the representation of the people of this Island, and to declare who shall be liable to serve on Juries". An Act supplemental to this Act was passed on 30 December 1842. The Representation of the People Act, 1891 (No 54) (c 64) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1896 (Act 36) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1897 (Act 6) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1898 (No 13) also called the Representation of the People Act, 1898 The Representation of the People Act, 1901 (No 2) The Representation of the People Act (1951) (No 40) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1953 The Representation of the People Act, 1955 (No 46) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1956 (No 52) The Representation of the People Act, 1957 (No 50) The Representation of the People Act, 1971 (No 15)
Belize
The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1953 (No 13) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953 (No 25) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1960 (No 8) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1968 (No 8) The Representation of the People Ordinance 1978 The Representation of the People Act 1980
Ghana
The Representation of the People (Women Members) Act, 1959 (No 72) The Representation of the People (Women Members) Act, 1960 (No 8) The Representation of the People Decree, 1968 (NLCD 255) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree, 1968 (NLCD 270) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree, 1969 (NLCD 350) The Representation of the People (Amendment) (No. 2) Decree, 1969 (NLCD 363) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Decree, 1979 (SMCD 230) The Representation of the People Law, 1992 (PNDCL 284) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Law, 1992 (PNDCL 296)
Grenada
The Representation of the People Act 1993 (No 35) (Cap 286A)
Guyana
The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1953 (No 5) The Representation of the People Ordinance, 1957 (No 3) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1961 The Representation of the People Act (1964) (Cap 1.03) The Representation of the People (Adaptation and Modification of Laws) Act 1968 (No 16)
India
The Representation of the People Act, 1951 (No 43) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1956 (No 2) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1963 (No 2) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1966 (No 47) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1975 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1992 The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance 1955 (No 7) The Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957 (Act 4) The Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1961 (No 1) The Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1982 (No 1)