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Article 1
 

(1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral Act, 1992.


(2) Repealed – Presidential Elections Act, 1993 (No. 28).


(3) Repealed – European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 (No. 2).


(4) Repealed Referendum Act, 1994 (No. 12).


(5) The Local Elections Acts, 1963 to 1991 and Part II insofar as it relates to local government electors and Part XXIII insofar as it relates to local elections may be cited together as the Local Elections Acts, 1963 to 1992, and shall be construed together as one Act.


(6) This Act, other than this section, shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed therefor by order or orders of the Minister either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act.


(7) An order made under subsection (6) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as possible after it is made.