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Constituencies.
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12.—(1) For the purpose of taking the poll at a presidential election, the State shall be deemed to be divided into the same constituencies as those into which it is for the time being divided for the purpose of Dáil elections and the poll shall be taken separately in each such constituency.
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(2) Where he is satisfied that it is appropriate so to do, the Minister may, by order, made not later than the date of the presidential election order, provide that for the purpose of the presidential election concerned each county and each county borough shall be deemed to be a constituency for the purpose of Dáil elections and, as respects a presidential election for the purpose of which such an order is in force—
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(a) the poll shall be taken separately in each county and each county borough;
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(b) each voter at the poll shall vote in the constituency in which the voter would be entitled to vote at a Dáil election if each county and each county borough in the State were a constituency for such election;
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(c) the local returning officer shall be—
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(i) in the case of the county of Cork, the county of Dublin, the county borough of Cork and the county borough of Dublin, the appropriate sheriff, and
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(ii) in any other case, the county registrar for the county or county borough concerned;
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and
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(d) in this Act (other than this subsection) references to a constituency shall be construed in accordance with the order.
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(3) An order under this section shall be published in Iris Oifigiúil as soon as may be after it is made.
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