AN ACT TO REGULATE THE DÁIL AND SEANAD FRANCHISES IN SAORSTÁT EIREANN; TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE LAW RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS TO DÁIL EIREANN; AND TO REGULATE THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS TO SEANAD EIREANN AND OF A REFERENDUM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES CONNECTED THEREWITH.
Citation
No. 12 of 123
Territorial extent
Irish Free State (later Ireland)
Assented to
17 April 1923
Commenced
17 April 1923 & 9 August 1923
Legislative history
Bill citation
Bill No. 1 of 1923
Introduced by
Minister for Local Government (Ernest Blythe)
Introduced
18 December 1922
Amended by
Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935
Repealed by
Electoral Act 1992
Status: Repealed
The Electoral Act 1923 was a law in Ireland which established the electoral law of the Irish Free State and provided for parliamentary constituencies in Dáil Éireann.[1]
^Electoral Act 1923 (No. 12 of 1923). Enacted on 17 April 1923. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 31 May 2021.
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