General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1943

Continuance of the same Dáil Eireann.

5.—Nothing in this Act shall prejudice or affect any provision for the time being in force whereby the maximum period during which the same Dáil Eireann may continue is limited, save only that if, while a Dáil Eireann in respect of which such maximum period has not expired is subsisting, the President directs under this Act that a general election shall take place, that Dáil Eireann shall continue until it is dissolved under this Act notwithstanding that such dissolution takes place after the expiration of such maximum period.