Local Elections (Dissolved Authorities) Act, 1926
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Extension of time for new elections. |
2.—(1) Save as is hereinafter provided, sub-section (5) of section 72 of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925) shall not apply to any of the local authorities mentioned in the Schedule to this Act (being local authorities dissolved under section 12 of the Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 9 of 1923)) and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted in respect of each of the said local authorities mentioned in the said Schedule to this Act that not later than the 31st day of March, 1929, the Minister shall by order cause a new election of members of such local authority to be held and that upon completion of such new election all the property, powers, and duties of such dissolved local authority shall vest in the body so elected, notwithstanding that the same may have been transferred under either of the said Acts hereinbefore mentioned to any other body, persons, or person. | |
(2) In the event of any of the said local authorities mentioned in the Schedule to this Act being dissolved under the said section 72 of the Local Government Act, 1925 , at any time after a new election of members thereof has been held under this section, the said sub-section (5) of the said section 72 shall from and after such dissolution apply to the local authority so dissolved as if this Act had not been passed. |