Sugar (Control of Import) Act, 1936

Effect and duration of prohibition orders.

3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-section of this section, every prohibition order shall cease to have effect at the expiration of six months from the date thereof unless it is approved of by Dáil Eireann by resolution passed before the expiration of the said six months.

(2) Whenever a prohibition order has either—

(a) been revoked by the Executive Council before it has been approved of by Dáil Eireann, or

(b) has ceased, by virtue of the foregoing sub-section of this section, to have effect,

any prohibition order made within six months after such revocation or cesser (as the case may be) shall have no operation or effect unless or until it has been approved of by resolution passed by Dáil Eireann, and shall, if and when so approved of have effect only as on and from the day on which it is so approved of or such later date (if any) as may be specified in that behalf in such order.