9. If a Bill or any provision of a Bill adopted by the Legislative
Assembly is lost by the disagreement of the Legislative Council, and
after a dissolution, or the period of two years from such disagreement,
such Bill, or a Bill for enacting the said provision, is again adopted
by the Legislative Assembly and fails within three months afterwards to
be adopted by the Legislative Council, the same shall forthwith be
submitted to the members of the two Houses deliberating and voting
together thereon, and shall be adopted or rejected according to the
decision of the majority of those members present and voting on the
question.
_Irish Representation in House of Commons._
10. Unless and until Parliament otherwise determines, the following
provisions shall have effect--
(1.) After the appointed day each of the constituencies named
in the Second Schedule to this Act shall return to serve
in Parliament the number of members named opposite thereto
in that schedule, and no more, and Dublin University shall
cease to return any member.
(2.) The existing divisions of the constituencies shall, save as
provided in that schedule, be abolished.
(3.) The election laws and the laws relating to the
qualification of parliamentary electors shall not, so far
as they relate to parliamentary elections, be altered by
the Irish Legislature, but this enactment shall not prevent
the Irish Legislature from dealing with any officers
concerned with the issue of writs of election, and if any
officers are so dealt with, it shall be lawful for Her
Majesty by Order in Council to arrange for the issue of
such writs, and the writs issued in pursuance of such Order
shall be of the same effect as if issued in manner
heretofore accustomed.
Clauses 11-20 are the finance clauses, which are dealt with at the end
of this Appendix.
Clauses 21 and 22 substitute the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council as Court of Appeal for Ireland in place of House of Lords.
Clause 23 abolishes religious test for the Lord Lieutenant.
Clauses 25-28 safeguard interests of Judges, Civil Servants.
29.--(1.) The forces of the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin
Metropolitan Police shall, when and as local police forces are from
time to time established in Ireland in accordance with the Fifth
Schedule to this Act, be gradually reduced and ultimately cease to
exist as mentioned in that Schedule; and thereupon the Acts relating to
such forces shall be repealed, and no forces organised and armed in
like manner, or otherwise than according to the accustomed manner of a
civil police, shall be created under any Irish Act; and after the
passing of this Act, no officer or man shall be appointed to either of
those forces;
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