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Number 1 of 1940.

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EMERGENCY POWERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	The Principal Act.
2.	Amendments of section 2 of the Principal Act.
3.	Duration of this Act.
4.	Short title and collective citation.

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Act Referred to
Emergency Powers Act, 1939	No. 28 of 1939

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Number 1 of 1940.

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EMERGENCY POWERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940.

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AN ACT TO AMEND THE EMERGENCY POWERS ACT, 1939, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING BETTER PROVISION FOR SECURING THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE STATE IN TIME OF WAR. [5th January, 1940.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— [GA]

The Principal Act.

1.—In this Act the expression “the Principal Act” means the Emergency Powers Act, 1939 (No. 28 of 1939).

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Amendments of section 2 of the Principal Act.

2.—(1) Paragraph (k) of sub-section (2) of section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion therefrom of the words and brackets “(other than natural-born Irish citizens)” now contained therein.

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(2) Paragraph (l) of sub-section (2) of section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion therefrom of the words and brackets “(other than natural-born Irish citizens)” now contained therein.

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(3) The Principal Act shall be construed and have effect with and subject to the amendments made by this section of paragraphs (k) and (l) of sub-section (2) of section 2 of that Act.

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Duration of this Act.

3.—This Act shall continue in force so long as the Principal Act continues in force and no longer.

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Short title and collective citation.

4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act, 1940.

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(2) The Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Emergency Powers Acts, 1939 and 1940.