Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1961
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Constituencies. |
3.—(1) The members of Dáil Éireann shall, after the dissolution of Dáil Éireann which next occurs after the passing of this Act, represent the constituencies specified in the Schedule to this Act. | |
(2) A constituency specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Act shall be a borough constituency and a constituency specified in Part II thereof shall be a county constituency. | ||
(3) An area specified in the Schedule to this Act shall be taken to be that area as constituted on the 1st day of January, 1961, but if any doubt arises as to the constituency in which anytownland or part thereof, or any road or street or part thereof, is included, the doubt shall be determined by the Minister. | ||
(4) In the Schedule to this Act— | ||
(a) a reference to a line drawn along any road or railway shall be construed as a reference to a line drawn along the middle of the road or railway, | ||
(b) a reference to a point at which any road intersects or meets another road shall be construed as a reference to the point at which a line drawn along the middle of the one and a line drawn along the middle of the other would intersect when prolonged, and | ||
(c) a reference to a former rural district shall be construed as a reference to that district as constituted immediately before the 1st day of October, 1925. |