Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Bye-Elections) Act, 1940

The electoral roll.

22.—(1) Whenever the Seanad returning officer adjourns an election under this Part of this Act for the purpose of taking a poll, he shall forthwith inform the Clerk of Dáil Eireann in writing of such adjournment, and send to him a copy of the panel of candidates, and the said Clerk shall, not more than four days after being so informed, furnish to the Seanad returning officer a statement of the names, addresses, and descriptions of all the members of Dáil Eireann who are then entitled to sit and vote in that House.

(2) The statement furnished to the Seanad returning officer by the Clerk of Dáil Eireann in pursuance of the foregoing sub-section of this section shall constitute and be the electoral roll for the election and shall be final and conclusive.

(3) The several persons named in an electoral roll constituted under this section, and no other person, shall be entitled to vote at the poll at the election in respect of which such electoral roll is so constituted.

(4) The death of a person named in an electoral roll constituted under this section (whether such death occurred before or after the statement forming such electoral roll was sent by the Clerk of Dáil Eireann to the Seanad returning officer) shall not prejudice or affect the validity or operation of such electoral roll.