Uimhir 19 de 1952.

AN tACHT UM OIFIGÍ AIREACHTA AGUS PARLAIMINTE (LEASÚ), 1952.

[An tiontó oifigiúil.]

Na hAchta.

1.—San Acht seo ciallaíonn“na hAchta”na hAchta um Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte, 1938 go 1949.

Tréimhse oifige aireachta sa Chéad Dáil Éireann.

2.—Chun críocha na nAcht, áireofar ar thréimhse oifige dhuine a bhí i seilbh oifige aireachta sa Chéad Dáil Éireann an tréimhse idir an dáta a hainmníodh é chun na hoifige sin agus an dáta a daingníodh a ainmniúchán ag an Dáil sin.

Leathnú ar bhrí na habairte“oifig aireachta”.

3.—Chun deireadh a chur le hamhrais, dearbhaítear leis seo go bhfolóidh an abairt“oifig aireachta” i gCuid IV den Acht um Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte, 1938 (Uimh. 38 de 1938), oifig Stiúrthóra, a bhí ina cheann aireachta ar Roinn den Chéad Dáil Éireann, agus an oifig a shealbhaigh duine a bhí ag gníomhú mar ionadaí do Stiúrthóir.

Pinsean baintrí.

4.—I gcás gan baintreach dhuine a bhí i seilbh oifige cáilithí a bheith cáilithe chun pinsean d'fháil faoi na hAchta, toisc nár leor seirbhís inphinsin an duine sin, beidh sí i dteideal pinsean baintrí d'fháil a bheas ar cóimhéid leis an bpinsean a mbeadh sí ina theideal dá mba trí bliana seirbhís inphinsin an duine sin.

Tosach feidhme pinsean.

5.—Aon phinsean is iníoctha de bhun ailt 2, 3 nó 4 den Acht seo, tosnóidh sé ar bheith iníoctha—

(a) má déantar iarratas go cuí ar an bpinsean sin ar dháta nach déanaí ná sé mhí tar éis dáta an Achta seo a ríth, ar an dáta a rithfear é, nó

(b) in aon chás eile, ar an dáta a déanfar an t-iarratas go cuí.

Gearrtheideal, comhlua agus forléiriú.

6.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht um Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1952, a ghairm den Acht seo.

(2) Féadfar na hAchta um Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte, 1938 go 1952, a ghairm de na hAchta agus den Acht seo le chéile.

(3) Forléireofar na hAchta agus an tAcht seo mar aon ní amháin.

Number 19 of 1952.

MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1952.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 19 of 1952.

MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1952.

The Acts.

1.—In this Act “the Acts” means the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1949.

Period of ministerial office in First Dáil Eireann.

2.—For the purposes of the Acts, the period of office of a person who held ministerial office in the First Dáil Éireann shall include the period between the date of his nomination to such office and the date of the ratification of his nomination by that Dáil.

Extension of meaning of “ministerial office”.

3.—It is hereby declared, for the removal of doubts, that the expression “ministerial office” in Part IV of the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938 (No. 38 of 1938), shall include the office of Director, being the ministerial head of a Department of the First Dáil Éireann, and the office held by a person acting as substitute for a Director.

Widow's pension.

4.—Where the widow of a person who held a qualifying office does not qualify for a pension under the Acts, owing to the insufficiency of that person's pensionable service, she shall be entitled to receive a widow's pension of the same amount as if that person's pensionable service had been three years.

Commencement of pensions.

5.—A pension payable in pursuance of section 2, 3 or 4 of this Act shall commence to be payable—

(a) in case an application therefor is duly made not later than six months after the date of the passing of this Act, on the date of such passing, or

(b) in any other case, on the date on which the application is duly made.

Short title, collective citation and construction.

6.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1952.

(2) The Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1952.

(3) The Acts and this Act shall be construed as one.