Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1959
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: —In this Act—
“the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government;
“the Principal Act” means the Electoral Act, 1923 (No. 12 of 1923).
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paragraphs: —DÃ¡il Ãireann shall, after the dissolution thereof which next occurs after the passing of this Act, consist of One Hundred and Forty-four members.
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paragraphs: —(1) The members of DÃ¡il Ãireann shall, after the dissolution of DÃ¡il Ãireann which next occurs after the passing of this Act, represent the constituencies specified in the Schedule to this Act.
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paragraphs: —A constituency specified in the Schedule to this Act shall return the number of members set out in respect thereof in the third column of that Schedule.
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paragraphs: —For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 3 of the Electoral (Chairman of DÃ¡il Ãireann) Act, 1937 , the constituency of Clare specified in the Schedule to this Act is hereby declared to correspond to the constituency of Clare specified in the Schedule to the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947 .
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paragraphs: —The title page of every electors list, list of claimants, list of objections and register of electors, prepared under the First Schedule to the Principal Act after the 31st day of January, 1960, and before the dissolution of the Oireachtas which next occurs after that day, for a registration unit in a constituency existing on that day which is not identical in area and name with a constituency specified in the Schedule to this Act, shall show the name of the constituency specified in the Schedule to this Act in which such registration unit will be situate as well as the name of the said existing constituency in which it is situate on that day.
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paragraphs: —(1) The returning officer for a constituency specified in the Schedule to this Act shall be—
(a) in case the whole of the constituency is situate in a county or county borough for which there is a sheriff—the sheriff,
(b) in case part of the constituency is situate in a county borough and part in a county and there is a sheriff for the county borough and a sheriff for the county—either the sheriff for the county borough or the sheriff for the county as the Minister by order appoints from time to time,
(c) in any other case—the county registrar or, where part of the constituency has one county registrar and part another county registrar, such one of the county registrars as the Minister by order appoints from time to time.
(2) A county registrar or sheriff for a county who is the returning officer for a constituency part of which is situate in the county and the other part of which is situate in another county or a county borough, or a county registrar or sheriff for a county borough who is the returning officer for a constituency part of which is situate in the county borough and the other part in a county, may appoint the appropriate officer, and shall appoint him if he so requires, to be assistant returning officer for the other part of the constituency.
In this subsection, “the appropriate officer” means—
(a) in case there is a sheriff for the other part of the constituency—the sheriff,
(b) in any other case—the county registrar for the other part of the constituency.
(3) The duties of an assistant returning officer shall be the performance, in the part of a constituency for which he was appointed, of such of the duties of the returning officer for the constituency as that officer is not required by law to perform in person, but if any doubt arises as to the duties of an assistant returning officer, the doubt shall be determined by the Minister.
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paragraphs: —(1) The Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947 , is hereby repealed.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the dissolution of DÃ¡il Ãireann which next occurs after the passing of this Act.
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paragraphs: —(1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1959.
(2) The Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1946, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act.
(3) The Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1946, and this Act may be cited together as the Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1959.