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PART IV.
Seanad General Election.
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Chapter I.
Seanad General Election Order.
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Seanad general election order.
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24.—(1) Before every Seanad general election, the Minister shall by order (in this Act referred to as a Seanad general election order) appoint for the purposes of the election:—
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(a) the day and hour (in this Act referred to as the expiration of the time for general panel proposed nominations) on and at which the period during which the Seanad returning officer may receive proposals for nominations to the panels by nominating bodies will expire;
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(b) the day and hour (in this Act referred to as the expiration of the time for Oireachtas panel nominations) on and at which the period during which the Seanad returning officer may receive nominations to the panels by members of the Oireachtas will expire;
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(c) the days on which and the places and hours at which the nominating committee (general election) meetings (so far as they are required to be held) will be held;
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(d) the day on which and the place at which the Seanad returning officer will sit for the completion of the panels;
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(e) the day on which the ballot papers for the election will be issued;
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(f) the day and hour (in this Act referred to as the close of the poll) on and at which the poll at the election will be closed;
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(g) the address of the Seanad returning officer to which nomination papers and other communications may be sent to him.
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(2) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to a Seanad general election order:—
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(a) the order shall be made within seven days after the dissolution of Dáil Eireann which occasions the election;
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(b) the day appointed by the order for the expiration of the time for general panel proposed nominations shall not be less than four weeks after such dissolution and, where practicable, shall not be prior to the date fixed for the reassembly of Dáil Éireann after such dissolution;
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(c) the day appointed by the order for the expiration of the time for Oireachtas nominations shall not be less than seven days after the day appointed by the order for the expiration of the time for general panel nominations and, where practicable, shall be subsequent to the date fixed for the reassembly of Dáil Eireann after such dissolution;
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(d) the order shall be published in the Iris Oifigiúil as soon as may be after it is made.
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