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Procedure after nominations.
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19.—(1) The following section is hereby substituted for section 19 of the Principal Act:
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“19.—(1) If, at 12 noon on the day after the last day for receiving nominations, no more candidates stand nominated than there are vacancies to be filled, the returning officer shall forthwith declare the candidates standing nominated to be elected and return their names to the Clerk of Dáil Éireann; but if, at that hour, more candidates stand nominated than there are vacancies to be filled, the returning officer shall adjourn the election and shall take a poll in the manner directed by this Act.
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(2) If an election is adjourned for the purpose of taking a poll the returning officer shall, as soon as practicable after the adjournment, give public notice of—
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(a) the day on which and the hours during which the poll shall be taken,
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(b) the names and descriptions of the candidates as entered in their nomination papers, and of the proposers, if any,
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(c) the order in which the names of the candidates will appear in the ballot papers.”
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(2) Paragraph (1) of Rule 3 of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of “the day after” before “the last day”.
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