S.I. No. 206/1948:

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE ELECTORAL ACTS, 1923 TO 1947. DÁIL ÉIREANN GENERAL ELECTION ORDER, 1948.

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE ELECTORAL ACTS, 1923 TO 1947. DÁIL ÉIREANN GENERAL ELECTION ORDER, 1948.

WHEREAS by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1927 , it is enacted that at a general election the poll shall be held on such day not being earlier than the sixth nor later than the fourteenth day after the last day for receiving nominations as the Minister for Local Government shall appoint :

AND WHEREAS on the 12th day of January, 1948, a proclamation was issued dissolving Dáil Éireann :

AND WHEREAS under the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 18 of the Electoral Act, 1923 , the last day for receiving nominations at the general election to be held as a consequence of the said proclamation is the 21st day of January, 1948 :

NOW THEREFORE, the Minister for Local Government, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the said sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1927 , hereby appoints the 4th day of February, 1948, as the day on which at the said general election the poll shall be held in all constituencies.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this twelfth day of January, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-eight.

(Signed) SEÁN MacENTEE,

Minister for Local Government.