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Expenses of returning officer.
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11.—(1) The returning officer at the Dáil election shall be entitled to his reasonable charges, not exceeding the sums specified in the scale of maximum charges prescribed for the purposes of this section, in respect of services and expenses of the several kinds mentioned in the scale which have been properly incurred by him for the purposes of or in connection with the Dáil election and the local elections.
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(2) The amount of any such charges shall be paid by the Minister for Finance out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof on an account to be submitted to him in accordance with regulations under this section, but the Minister for Finance may, if he thinks fit, before payment apply to the Judge of the Circuit Court having jurisdiction in the administrative county of Kilkenny for the taxation of the account, and thereupon that Judge may tax the account in such manner and at such time and place as he thinks fit, and finally determine the amount payable to the returning officer.
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(3) On the request of the returning officer for an advance on account of his charges, the Minister for Finance may, if he thinks fit, make such an advance.
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(4) Where an application under this section is made for taxation, the returning officer may apply to the Judge to examine any claim made by any person against him in respect of matters charged in the account; and the Judge, after giving notice to the claimant and after giving him an opportunity to be heard and to tender any evidence, may allow or disallow or reduce the claim objected to, with or without costs, and the determination of the Judge shall be final for all purposes and as against all persons.
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(5) Each of the local authorities shall pay to the Minister for Finance such part of the payment made pursuant to subsection (2) of this section as that Minister determines to be proper to be apportioned to that local authority.
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(6) The Minister for Finance may by regulations prescribe for the purposes of this section—
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(a) a scale of maximum charges, and
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(b) the time when and manner and form in which accounts are to be rendered to him.
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(7) The returning officer at the Dáil election shall not, by virtue of any enactment other than this section, be entitled to any charges incurred by him for the purposes of or in connection with the Dáil election or any of the local elections.
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