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Election for two university constituencies.
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31.—Whenever at a Seanad general election a person is elected as a member of Seanad Eireann for two university constituencies, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
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(a) such person shall, by writing under his hand delivered to the Clerk of Seanad Eireann before taking his seat for either of those constituencies, declare which one of those constituencies he will represent in Seanad Eireann;
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(b) if such person does not deliver, within one month after the first meeting of Seanad Eireann after such Seanad general election, such declaration as is mentioned in the next preceding paragraph of this section to the Clerk of Seanad Eireann in accordance with that paragraph, such person shall be deemed to have declared at the expiration of such month that he will represent in Seanad Eireann that one of the said constituencies in which he received the greatest number of first preferences at such Seanad general election;
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(c) as soon as such person has declared or is deemed to have declared which of those constituencies he will represent in Seanad Eireann, he shall be deemed to have resigned his seat in Seanad Eireann as a member thereof for the other of those constituencies.
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