Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1937
Summary
The Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1937 (No. 39 of 1937), enacted on 15 December 1937, amends section 2 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935 by removing the time limit for a certain registration and by requiring the consent of the Minister for Justice to every such registration.
What the law regulates
- The time within which registration under sub-section (5) of section 2 of the Principal Act may be effected.
- The requirement of the Minister for Justice's consent to such registration.
- The construction of related cross-references in section 2.
Who it affects
- Persons seeking Irish citizenship by registration under sub-section (5) of section 2 of the 1935 Act.
- The Minister for Justice, whose consent becomes required.
Key points
- Section 1: "the Principal Act" means the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935 (No. 13 of 1935).
- Section 2(1): The part of sub-section (5) of section 2 that limits the time for registration is repealed as from the passing of the Principal Act. Instead: (a) registration under sub-section (5) may be effected, and is deemed always to have been capable of being effected, at any time after the passing of the Principal Act, whether before or after the passing of this Act; and (b) after the passing of this Act, no person shall be registered under sub-section (5) without the consent of the Minister for Justice.
- Section 2(2): The cross-reference in paragraph (b) of sub-section (4) of section 2 is construed, and deemed always to have had effect, as referring to that sub-section as amended.
- Section 3: The Act may be cited as the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1937, and jointly as the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts, 1935 and 1937.
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(5)OF THAT SECTION MAY BE EFFECTED AND BY REQUIRING THE CONSENT OF THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE TO EVERY SUCH REGISTRATION. [15th December, 1937.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— The Principal Act. 1.—In this Act the expression “the Principal Act” means the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935 (No. 13 of 1935). Removal of limitation on time for registration. 2.—
(1)So much of sub-section
(5)of section 2 of the Principal Act as limits the time within which registration in accordance with that sub-section may be effected is hereby repealed as from the passing of the Principal Act and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that:— (a) registration in accordance with the said sub-section
(5)may (subject to the provisions of the next following paragraph of this sub-section) be effected and shall be deemed always to have been capable of being effected at any time after the passing of the Principal Act, whether before or after the passing of this Act, and (b) no person shall be registered in accordance with the said sub-section
(5)after the passing of this Act without the consent of the Minister for Justice.
(2)The reference, in paragraph (b) of sub-section
(4)of the said section 2 of the Principal Act, to the next following sub-section of that section shall be construed and have effect and be deemed always to have had effect as referring to that sub-section as amended by this section. Short title and citation. 3.—
(1)This Act may be cited as the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1937.
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