Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1927

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Extension of time for taking the oath in certain cases.

5.—(1) If any member of the Oireachtas is prevented by illness or unavoidable absence from Saorstát Eireann from taking the oath within the time limited in that behalf by this Act, the House of which he is a member may by resolution complying with this section extend in the case of such member the said time by any period not exceeding six months.

(2) Every resolution under this section extending the time for taking the oath shall be passed before the expiration of the time intended to be extended thereby and shall state the reason for such extension and such reason shall be either the illness or the unavoidable absence from Saorstát Eireann of the member to whom the resolution relates.

(3) The time limited by this Act for taking the oath may in the case of any member be extended under this section more than once.

(4) Whenever the time limited by this Act for taking the oath is extended under this section all references in this Act to such time shall be construed as referring to such time as so extended.