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Electoral (Dublin Commercial) Act, 1930

Election petitions and corrupt and illegal practices.

12.—(1) Part IV of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and the Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884, as respectively amended or adapted by subsequent Acts, shall apply to elections under this Act and for the purposes of such application the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—

(a) an election of commercial members of the City Council shall be deemed to be a municipal election within the meaning of the said Acts;

(b) reference in the said Acts to the High Court shall be construed and have effect as references to the High Court of Justice in Saorstát Eireann;

(c) reference in the said Acts to the Director of Public Prosecutions shall be construed and have effect as references to the Attorney-General of Saorstát Eireann;

(d) elections of commercial members of the City Council shall be deemed to be one of the elections mentioned in the First Schedule to the said Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884.

(2) No person who has voted at an election under this Act shall, in any proceeding to question the election or return, be required to state for whom he voted at such election.