ISB SI

WHEREAS by sub-section (1) of

Section 3

of the

Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1927

, it is enacted that at a general election the poll shall be held on such day not being earlier than the sixth nor later than the fourteenth day after the last day for receiving nominations as the Minister for Local Government shall appoint

AND WHEREAS on the 12th day of January, 1948, a proclamation was issued dissolving Dáil Éireann

AND WHEREAS under the provisions of sub-section (1) of

Section 18

of the

Electoral Act, 1923

, the last day for receiving nominations at the general election to be held as a consequence of the said proclamation is the 21st day of January, 1948

NOW THEREFORE, the Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the said sub-section (1) of

Section 3

of the

Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1927

, hereby appoints the 4th day of February, 1948, as the day on which at the said general election the poll shall be held in all constituencies.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this twelfth day of January, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-eight.

(Signed) SEÁN MacENTEE,

Minister for Local Government.