Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1927

Disposal of candidate's deposit if candidate is elected.

6.—Sub-section (5) of section 20 of the Electoral Act, 1923 (No. 12 of 1923) is hereby repealed (save as respects candidates at a Dáil election held before the passing of this Act) and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that if a candidate at a Dáil election held after the passing of this Act is elected the deposit made by him or on his behalf under the said section 20 shall be dealt with as follows, that is to say:—

(a) if the candidate takes the oath within the time limited in that behalf by this Act and before a dissolution of the Oireachtas has taken place, the said deposit made by him or on his behalf shall be returned to him; and

(b) if the candidate does not take the oath within the time aforesaid and before a dissolution of the Oireachtas has taken place, the said deposit made by him or on his behalf shall on the expiration of the said time or the dissolution of the Oireachtas, whichever first happens, be forfeited to Saorstát Eireann unless the candidate dies before the expiration of the said time and before a dissolution has taken place in which event the said deposit shall be returned to his legal personal representative as soon as practicable after his death.