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Bar of the House

the boundary of the House opposite the Speaker's chair. The office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth by Wilding & Laundy, p. 37. Bar of the House, is a place inside the House of a

British subject

British subject, no longer denotes a status common to citizens of members of the commonwealth, and instead, for purposes of United Kingdom law, denotes only a restricted and residual category of persons who

Floor of the House

member may only address the House from the floor, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundry, p. 276

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Election

elections is governed by Representation of People's Act, 1949, The Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding & Philip Laundry, p. 230. Nominations for elections are received upto eighth day after the proclamation. Poll

Financial Memorandum

a memorandum required to accompany all bills involving expenditure, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundy, p. 272.

Expulsion

and is removable only by pardon from the crown, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 263. The purpose of expulsion is essentially remedial, it is done to rid

Explanation

made by another member or correcting an alleged misrepresentation, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 580.

Excess grant

of the amount granted for a service in particular year, the Office of Speaker in the Parlia-ments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 255, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 751, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A.

Electoral roll

in that Constituency, (2) should not be subject to any legal incapacity, (3) has to be either a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, (4) has to be of 18 years of age

Election Commission

is responsible for the conduct of election in that Constituency, Office of the speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth by Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 230, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956 and H.M. Barclay,

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