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Election as university member and as panel member.
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81.—Where at a general election of members of Seanad Eireann a person is elected as a member of Seanad Eireann by a university (in this section referred to as a university member) and is also elected as a member of Seanad Eireann under this Act (in this section referred to as a panel member), the following provisions shall have effect:
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(a) such person shall, by writing under his hand delivered to the Clerk of Seanad Eireann before taking his seat in either capacity, declare whether he will sit in Seanad Eireann as a university member or as a panel member;
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(b) if such person does not deliver, within one month after the first meeting of Seanad Eireann after the general election, such declaration as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section to the Clerk of Seanad Eireann in accordance with that paragraph, he shall be deemed to have declared at the expiration of that month that he will sit in Seanad Eireann as a university member;
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(c) as soon as such person has declared or is deemed to have declared in which of the said capacities he will sit in Seanad Eireann, he shall be deemed to have resigned his seat in Seanad Eireann as a member thereof in the other of those capacities.
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