Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006

Amendment of section 22 of Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937.

13.— Section 22 of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(4) In this section—

the word ‘prison’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006;

the expression ‘relevant official’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006;

the expression ‘returning by post’ includes, in the case of an elector who is detained in prison pursuant to an order of a court, the return by the relevant official, or by a person acting under the relevant official’s direction, of the documents referred to in subsection (1) on behalf of the elector concerned.”.