The Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923

PART V.

Dail Election Expenses.

Nomination of election agent.

29.—(1) On or before the last day for receiving nominations at a Dáil election, a person shall be named by or on behalf of each candidate as his agent for such election (in this Act referred to as the election agent).

(2) A candidate may name himself as election agent, and thereupon shall, so far as circumstances admit be subject to the provisions of this Act both as a candidate and as an election agent, and any reference in this Act to an election agent shall be construed to refer to the candidate acting in his capacity of election agent.

(3) On or before the last day for receiving nominations the name and address of the election agent of each candidate shall be declared in writing by the candidate or some other person on his behalf to the returning officer, and the returning officer shall forthwith give public notice of the name and address of every election agent so declared.

(4) One election agent only shall be appointed for each candidate, but the appointment, whether the election agent appointed be the candidate himself or not, may be revoked, and in the event of such revocation or his death, whether such event is before, during, or after the election, then forthwith another election agent shall be appointed, and his name and address declared in writing to the returning officer, who shall forthwith give public notice of the same.