Electoral Act, 1963

Amendment of section 32 of Principal Act.

54.—(1) The application, by virtue of subsection (1) of section 32 of the Principal Act, of the following portions of the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923 , is hereby terminated: paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 1, section 4, subsection (3), (4) and (5) of section 6, sections 9, 10, 11 and 14, all words in section 15 from “and shall” to the end of the section, sections 20 and 45 and the definition of “committee room” in section 56.

(2) In any application, by virtue of subsection (1) of section 32 of the Principal Act, of subsection (1) or (2) of section 6 or section 15 of the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923 , the said subsection (1) or (2) or section 15 shall have effect as amended by section 90 of this Act.

(3) (a) In paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 32 of the Principal Act the reference to Part II of the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923 , shall be construed as including a reference to section 13A (inserted by section 90 of this Act) of the latter Act and, in any application by virtue of that paragraph of section 15 of the latter Act, the reference in the said section 15 to the foregoing sections of the latter Act shall be construed as including a reference to the said section 13A.

(b) In paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 32 of the Principal Act the reference to the sections of the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923 , shall be construed as including a reference to section 55A (inserted by section 90 of this Act) of the latter Act.

(c) In subsection (2) of section 32 of the Principal Act the expression “the said portions of the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923 ” shall be construed as including a reference to the said sections 13A and 55A.