Presidential Elections Act, 1937
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Application of the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923. |
32.—(1) The following portions of the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923 (No. 38 of 1923), shall apply and have effect in relation to presidential elections, that is to say:— | |
(a) Part I, except section 7 , | ||
(b) Part II, except sections 8 , 16 , 17 , and 18 , | ||
(c) in Part III, sections 25 and 26 , | ||
(d) in Part VIII, sections 44 , 45 , 46 , 49 , 52 , 53 , and 56 . | ||
(2) For the purpose of the application of the said portions of the Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923 , to presidential elections in pursuance of the foregoing sub-section of this section— | ||
(a) the word “election,” wherever it is used without qualification in the said portions of the said Act, shall be construed and have effect as including a presidential election; | ||
(b) the expression “Dáil election”, wherever it occurs in the said portions of the said Act, shall be construed and have effect as including a presidential election; | ||
(c) the word “candidate”, wherever it similarly occurs, shall be construed and have effect as including a candidate at a presidential election; | ||
(d) the expression “election agent”, wherever it similarly occurs, shall be construed and have effect as including both a principal agent appointed under this Act and a local agent similarly appointed; | ||
(e) in sub-section (2) of section 2 of the said Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923 , the words “to be the President” shall be substituted for the words “to serve in the Oireachtas”; | ||
(f) in sub-section (3) of section 10 of the said Act, the question “Have you already voted at this presidential election?” shall be substituted for the question mentioned in the said sub-section; | ||
(g) section 12 of the said Act shall apply to every lawful public meeting held by or on behalf of a candidate after the date of the order appointing days and before the polling day; | ||
(h) in section 46 of the said Act the expression “returning officer” shall be construed and have effect as including both the presidential returning officer and a local returning officer. |