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Dissolution and summoning of Dáil Eireann.
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3.—(1) For the purposes of this section a general election under this Act shall be deemed to have been completed when the Clerk of Dáil Eireann has received from the returning officer for every constituency the writ issued to such returning officer by the said Clerk in respect of such general election with the certificate of such returning officer certifying the names of the members elected for such constituency endorsed thereon, and references in this section to the completion of a general election under this Act shall be construed accordingly.
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(2) The following provisions shall apply and have effect in relation to every general election under this Act, that is to say:—
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(a) immediately upon the completion of such general election the Clerk of Dáil Eireann shall certify in writing to the Taoiseach that such general election has been completed;
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(b) as soon as may be after, and in any case not later than the second week day after, whichever of the following events first occurs, that is to say:—
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(i) the receipt by the Taoiseach of such certificate of the Clerk of Dáil Eireann as is mentioned in the next preceding paragraph of this sub-section, or
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(ii) the expiration of fourteen days after the polling day (within the meaning of section 4 of Article 16 of the Constitution) at such general election,
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the Taoiseach shall advise the President to dissolve the outgoing Dáil Eireann;
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(c) upon receipt of such advice, the President shall, by proclamation, forthwith dissolve the outgoing Dáil Eireann and shall, by the same or another proclamation, summon the incoming Dáil Eireann to meet on the day (not being earlier than the next day nor later than the fourteenth day after the said dissolution of the outgoing Dáil Eireann) and at the time and place which shall be recommended in that behalf to him by the Taoiseach;
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(d) the outgoing Dáil Eireann shall be dissolved immediately upon the issue of the said proclamation of the President dissolving it;
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(e) the incoming Dáil Eireann shall meet on the day and at the time and place specified in that behalf in the said proclamation of the President summoning it.
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