Electoral (Admendment) Act, 1947
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: —In this Act—
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Local Government;
the expression “the Principal Act” means the Electoral Act, 1923 (No. 12 of 1923).
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paragraphs: —DÃ¡il Ãireann shall consist of One Hundred and Forty-seven members.
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paragraphs: —(1) The members of DÃ¡il Ãireann shall represent the constituencies specified in the First Schedule to this Act.
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paragraphs: —A constituency specified in the First 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 section 3 of the Electoral (Chairman of DÃ¡il Ãireann) Act, 1937 (No. 25 of 1937), the constituency of South Galway specified in the First Schedule to this Act is hereby declared to correspond to the constituency of East Galway specified in the Schedule to the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935 (No. 5 of 1935).
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paragraphs: —(1) 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 passing of this Act and before the dissolution of the Oireachtas which next occurs after such passing, for a registration unit in a constituency existing at the passing of this Act which is not identical in area and name with a constituency specified in the First Schedule to this Act, shall show the name of the constituency specified in the First 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 at the passing of this Act.
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paragraphs: —(1) The returning officer for a constituency specified in the First 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 the whole of the constituency is situate in a county for which there is an undersheriff—the undersheriff,
(c) in case part of the constituency is situate in a county borough and part in a county and there is a sheriff or undersheriff for the county borough and a sheriff or undersheriff for the county—either the sheriff or undersheriff for the county borough or the sheriff or undersheriff for the county as the Minister by order appoints from time to time,
(d) 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.
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paragraphs: —The enactments specified in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent set out in the third column of that Schedule.
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paragraphs: —Save as otherwise provided by this Act, this Act 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, 1947.
(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 1947.