Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1946
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Amendment of section 41 of the Principal Act. |
2.—The Principal Act shall have effect as if the following section were substituted for section 41 , that is to say— | |
Place and hours of poll. | ||
“41.—(1) Each general election shall be held on one day only, and such day shall be the same throughout the State and shall be not later than thirty days after the dissolution of Dáil Eireann. | ||
(2) The place of election shall be fixed for each constituency by the returning officer, and shall be,— | ||
(a) in a borough constituency, some place within the borough, and | ||
(b) in a county constituency, some place within the constituency or within a county borough adjoining the county in which the constituency or the greater part thereof is situate. | ||
(3) The poll, if any, at a General Election or a Bye-Election shall commence at the hour of 9 o'clock a.m. and shall be kept open till the hour of 9 o'clock p.m. and no longer, unless in the case of any particular General Election or Bye-Election, the Minister by order directs that the poll at that General Election or Bye-Election shall be kept open until the hour of 9.30 o'clock p.m. in which case the poll at that General Election or Bye-Election shall be kept open until the hour of 9.30 o'clock p.m.”. |