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30 June 1800. An Act for repealing Part of the Duties and Drawbacks of Customs on Kid Skins imported, and the Exemption of imported Kid Skins from Excise Duty, on being dressed in Great Britain. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871) Neutral Ships (No. 2) Act 1800 (repealed) 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c.
The Census (Amendment) Act 2000 (2000 c. 24) and Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2000 (2000 asp 3) are acts of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and Scotland, respectively. They introduced a question on the religion of respondents to the censuses of Great Britain .
The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.With a total area of approximately 244,376 square kilometres (94,354 sq mi), the UK occupies the major part of the British Isles archipelago and includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern one-sixth of the island of Ireland and many smaller surrounding islands.
In 1800, the Census Act was passed, authorising the first modern census in British history to be conducted. Census established and the demographic transition, 1800–2000 Population development of the UK since 1800. The first Census in 1801 revealed that the population of Great Britain was 10.5 million.
1. A census for Great Britain shall be taken in the year nineteen hundred and eleven, and the census day shall be Sunday the second day of April in that year. Central authority for and expenses of census. 2. (1) The Local Government Board shall superintend the taking of the census.
The Census (Great Britain) Act 1900 applied equally to England and Wales and to Scotland; it gave power to procure particulars relating to houses, and to the Sex, Age Condition as to Marriage, Occupation, Birthplace, Nationality of persons born in Foreign Countries, and certain Infirmities of the population; also the numbers of the Welsh ...
India. Since the very first Indian general election held in 1951–52, universal suffrage for all adult citizens aged 21 or older was established under Article 326 of the Constitution of India. The minimum voting age was reduced to 18 years by the 61st Amendment, effective 28 March 1989.
