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S.I. No. 321/1992 - Electoral Act, 1992 (Commencement) Order, 1992.
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the
Electoral Act, 1992
(Commencement) Order, 1992.
2. On the 5th day of November, 1992 the provisions of the
Electoral Act, 1992
set out in Column 1 of Part I of the Schedule to this Order shall come into operation to the extent respectively specified in Column 2 thereof.
3. On the 5th day of November, 1992
section 5
of the
Electoral Act, 1992
shall come into operation for the purpose of effecting the repeal of such of the enactment's specified in Part I of the First Schedule to that Act as are set out in Column 1 of Part II of the Schedule to this Order, to the extent respectively specified in Column 2 thereof.
SCHEDULE
PART I
Column 1
Column 2
section 2 (2)
generally
section 4
generally
section 47
generally
section 48 (1) (e)
generally
section 49
solely for the purposes of section 47
section 57
generally
section 147
except insofar as it applies to the adjournment of a poll under section 107
section 157
generally
section 168 (b)
for the purposes of effecting the substitution of section 29 of the Referendum Act, 1942 insofar as the said section, as substituted, relates to
sections 147
and
157
of the
electoral Act, 1992
PART II
Column 1
Column 2
Electoral Act, 1923
, section 20 (1), (2) and (4)
generally
Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923
, section 50
in so far as it relates to Dáil elections
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, this 5th day of November, 1992.
MICHAEL SMITH,
Minister for the Environment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Order brings into operation on 5th November, 1992 certain provisions of the
Electoral Act, 1992
relating to deposits by candidates, free postage for candidates and obstruction of electors.
S.I. No. 321 of 1992.
ELECTORAL ACT, 1992 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1992.
The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on by him by
section 1
(6) of the
Electoral Act, 1992
(No. 23 of 1992) hereby orders as follows