Local Elections (Amendment) Act, 1942
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Amendment of sections 5 and 7 of the Principal Act. |
3.—(1) Section 5 of the Principal Act, as amended by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act of 1940 and sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act of 1941, is hereby amended by the deletion of sub-section (1) of that section and the insertion in the said section of the following sub-section in lieu of the sub-section so deleted, that is to say:— | |
“(1) The Minister shall, before the 30th day of September, 1943, by order appoint in respect of every local authority a day not later than the 30th day of September, 1943, to be the appointed day for the purposes of this Part of this Act in respect of such local authority.” | ||
(2) Part II of the Principal Act (including section 5 thereof) shall be construed with due regard to the amendment made in the said section 5 by the foregoing sub-section of this section and, for the purpose of giving full effect to that amendment, the date the 30th day of September, 1943, shall be substituted for the date the 30th day of September, 1942, where the latter date is, by virtue of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Act of 1941, mentioned in sub-section (3) of the said section 5 and in sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Principal Act. |