the expression “register of Dáil electors” means a register of persons entitled to vote at an election of members or a member of Dáil Eireann;
the expression “the present national emergency” means the national emergency affecting the vital interests of the State which was declared by resolutions passed by each House of the Oireachtas on the 2nd day of September, 1939, to exist;
the word “prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health.