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Electoral area.
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4.—(1) Unless and until an order under this section comes into force, the following provisions shall apply and have effect in respect of borough elections, that is to say:—
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(a) there shall be one electoral area consisting of the area of the Borough and such electoral area shall be a borough electoral area for the purposes of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919, and
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(b) the first six members of the Council elected shall be aldermen and all other members of the Council shall be councillors.
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(2) The Council may, in pursuance of a resolution passed by the Council and for the passing of which not less than two-thirds of the members of the Council voted, apply to the Minister for an order dividing the Borough into two or more electoral areas.
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(3) On receiving an application for an order under this section, the Minister may, as he thinks proper, either refuse such application or make such order.
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(4) An order under this section shall—
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(a) appoint in such manner as most nearly secures equal representation on the basis of population—
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(i) the number of members of the Council to be elected at a borough election for each of the electoral areas created by such order, and
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(ii) the number of members of the Council elected at a borough election in each of such areas who shall be aldermen, and
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(b) declare that every member of the Council who is not, in accordance with such order, an alderman shall be a councillor.
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(5) Every electoral area created by an order under this section shall be a borough electoral area for the purposes of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919.
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(6) An order under this section shall have the force of law in accordance with the terms thereof.
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