Local Elections Postponement Act, 1925

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Elections of mayors of boroughs.

4.—(1) During the period from the passing of this Act until the holding of the statutory elections postponed by this Act, sub-sections (10) and (11) of section 94 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, shall not apply to the council of a borough to which this Act applies, and in lieu of those sub-sections the following provisions of this section shall apply to every such council during the said period.

(2) A quarterly meeting of every such council shall be held at noon on every 30th day of June during the said period and also at such hour on such other three days before the 15th day of June next following as the council at the quarterly meeting on the 30th day of June decide.

(3) The first business transacted at every such quarterly meeting on the 30th day of June shall be the election of the mayor, and the outgoing mayor shall retire and the newly elected mayor shall come into office on the said 30th day of June or as soon thereafter as the newly elected mayor has made a declaration accepting the office.