S.I. No. 134/1951 - Dáil Éireann General Election Order, 1951.

WHEREAS by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1927 (No. 21 of 1927), it is enacted that at a general election the poll shall be held on such day not being earlier than the sixth nor later than the fourteenth day after the last day for receiving nominations as the Minister for Local Government shall appoint :

AND WHEREAS on the 7th day of May, 1951, a proclamation was issued dissolving Dáil Eireann :

AND WHEREAS under the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 18 of the Electoral Act, 1923 (No. 12 of 1923), the last day for receiving nominations at the general election to be held as a consequence of the said proclamation is the 17th day of May, 1951 :

NOW THEREFORE, the Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the said sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1927 , hereby appoints and orders as follows :

1. The 30th day of May, 1951, shall be the day on which at the said general election the poll shall be held in all constituencies.

2. This Order may be cited as the Dáil Eireann General Election Order, 1951.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this Seventh day of May, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-one.

MICHAEL J. KEYES,

Minister for Local Government.