Electoral Act, 1960

Entry of members of Garda Síochána and Defence Forces in postal voters list and special provision for registration of members of Defence Forces.

6.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the following section after section 8:

“8A.—(1) A Dáil elector shall be entered in the postal voters list for his constituency if he is—

(a) a member of the Garda Síochána, or

(b) a whole time member of the Defence Forces.

(2) Where, not later than the last day for making claims referred to in Rule 9 of the First Schedule to this Act, an elector who is a whole time member of the Defence Forces furnishes a statement of the place in which, but for his service, he would be ordinarily resident on the qualifying date to the registration officer for the registration area in which that place is situate, the statement shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be accepted as a correct statement and he shall be registered in the constituency in which that place is situate.

(3) (a) In this section “a whole time member of the Defence Forces” means—

(i) a member of the Permanent Defence Force, or

(ii) an officer of the Reserve Defence Force employed continuously on military service or duty during a period during which a proclamation authorising the calling out of reservists on permanent service is in force, or during a period during which reservists are called out on permanent service under section 88 of the Defence Act, 1954 , or

(iii) a reservist called out on permanent service.

(b) In the foregoing paragraph “the Permanent Defence Force”, “officer”, “the Reserve Defence Force”, “proclamation authorising the calling out of reservists on permanent service” and “reservist” have the same meanings respectively as they have in the Defence Act, 1954 .”