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PART V.
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL.
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Membership of county councils.
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57.—(1) Sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, shall cease to have effect from and after the election of county councillors held next after the passing of this Act.
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(2) At any triennial election of members of a county council held after the passing of this Act, the number of members to be elected to the county council shall be increased by a number equal to twice the number of rural districts in existence in such county on the appointed day.
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(3) No person shall be qualified to be elected a member of a county council for a county electoral area unless he is either—
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(a) registered as a local government elector in so much of the register of local government electors as relates to such county electoral area, or
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(b) the owner of property held by freehold, leasehold, or other tenure within such county electoral area.
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