Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1935

Abolition of the commercial membership of the City Council.

2. The Principal Act is hereby amended as follows, that is to say:—

(a) sub-section (1) of section 31 is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the City Council shall consist of thirty-five members all of whom shall (subject to the provisions of this Act in relation to the existing commercial members) be elected in accordance with the Principal Act by the persons for the time being registered on the register of local government electors;

(b) all the members of the City Council shall be ordinary members for the purposes of the Principal Act, and all references in the Principal Act to ordinary members of the City Council or to the election of such members shall be construed accordingly;

(c) the following portions of the Principal Act are hereby repealed, that is to say, sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 32 , sections 34 and 35 , and sub-section (2) of section 36 .