248 Freemen and inhabitants of existing boroughs
Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70) | Legislation

248  Freemen and inhabitants of existing boroughs

(1)     Subject to the following provisions of this section [and Schedule 28A], nothing in this Act shall affect any person's status, or the right of any person to be admitted, as a freeman of a place which is an existing borough; and in this section [and Schedule 28A] any such place is referred to as a city or town.

[(1A)     Where the son of a freeman of a city or town may claim to be admitted as a freeman of that place, the daughter of a freeman may likewise claim to be so admitted.

(1B)     The son or daughter of a freeman of a city or town shall be admitted as a freeman whether born before or after the admission, as a freeman, of

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