European Assembly Elections Act, 1977
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Amendment of sections 48 and 74 of Defence Act, 1954. |
22.—The Defence Act, 1954 , is hereby amended by the insertion of “or who assumes the office of representative in the Assembly of the European Communities” after “House of the Oireachtas” both in subsection (6) of section 48 and in section 74, and the said subsection (6) and the said section 74, as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section. | |
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(6) An officer who becomes a member of either House of the Oireachtas or who assumes the office of representative in the Assembly of the European Communities shall thereupon relinquish his commission. | ||
74.—A reservist who becomes a member of either House of the Oireachtas or who assumes the office of representative in the Assembly of the European Communities shall thereupon stand, by virtue of this section, discharged from the Reserve Defence Force. |