Uimhir 1 de 1966.

AN tACHT TOGHCHÁIN (LEASÚ), 1966

[An tiontú oifigiúil.]

Leasú ar alt 5 den Acht Toghcháin, 1963.

1963, Uimh. 19.

1.—Leasófar alt 5 den Acht Toghcháin, 1963, mar a leanas:

(a) i bhfo-alt (5)—

(i) déantar leis seo “(seachas ospidéal do lucht míchumais mheabhrach)” a chur isteach roimh “, sanatóir” i mír (i), agus

(ii) déantar leis seo na focail “nó mheabhrach” a aisghairm sa dá áit ina bhfuil siad;

(b) déantar leis seo an fo-alt seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh fho-alt (5):

“(5A) Más rud é, ar an dáta cáilitheach, go mbeidh duine ina othar nó ina iostaí in aon ospidéal nó teaghlach do lucht míchumais mheabhrach nó in aon fhoras dá samhail sin agus nach duine é atá ar fostú san ospidéal, sa teaghlach nó san fhoras agus ina chónaí ann chun críocha a fhostaíochta, measfar chun críocha an ailt seo é a bheith ina chónaí—

(a) más féidir leis an údarás clárúcháin a dhéanamh amach cad é an áit ina mbeadh cónaí air mura mbeadh é a bheith ina othar nó ina iostaí den sórt sin—san áit sin,

(b) mura féidir leis an údarás clárúcháin an áit a luaitear i mír (a) den fho-alt seo a dhéanamh amach—san áit dheireanach ina raibh cónaí air sular tháinig sé chun bheith ina othar nó ina iostaí den sórt sin.”

Geartheidealagus comhlua.

2.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht Toghcháin (Leasú), 1966, a ghairm den Acht seo.

(2) Féadfar na hAchtanna Toghcháin, 1923 go 1966, a ghairm de na hAchtanna Toghcháin, 1923 go 1963, agus den Acht seo le chéile.

Number 1 of 1966.

ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 1 of 1966.

ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1966

Amendment of section 5 of Electoral Act, 1963.

1.—Section 5 of the Electoral Act, 1963, shall be amended as follows:

(a) in subsection (5)—

(i) “(other than a hospital for persons suffering from mental disability)” is hereby inserted before “, sanatorium” in paragraph (i), and

(ii) in both places where they occur the words “or mental” are hereby repealed;

(b) the following subsection is hereby inserted after subsection (5):

“(5A) Where on the qualifying date, a person is a patient or inmate in any hospital or home for persons suffering from mental disability or similar institution and he is not a person in employment in the hospital, home or institution who is resident therein for the purposes of his employment, he shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be resident in—

(a) in case the place where he would have been residing but for his having been such a patient or inmate can be ascertained by the registration authority—that place,

(b) in case the place mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection cannot be ascertained by the registration authority—the place where he last resided before he became such a patient or inmate.”

Short title and collective citation.

2.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1966.

(2) The Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1963, and this Act may be cited together as the Electoral Acts, 1923 to 1966.