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CHILDREN (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1949

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PART I.

Preliminary and General.

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Short title and collective citation.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Children (Amendment) Act, 1949.

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(2) The Children Acts, 1908 to 1941, and this Act may be cited together as the Children Acts, 1908 to 1949.

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Interpretation.

2. —(1) In this Act—

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the expression “the Principal Act” means the Children Act, 1908, as adapted by or under any enactment, and as amended and extended by the Children Act, 1941 (No. 12 of 1941), and this Act;

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the expression “the School” means St. Anne's Reformatory School, Kilmacud, County Dublin.

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(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Principal Act.

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Commencement of Part II.

3. —(1) Part II of this Act shall not come into operation save as is provided by subsection (2) of this section.

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(2) The Minister may, at the request of the managers of the School, make an order declaring that Part II of this Act shall come into operation on a specified date, and thereupon the said Part II shall come into operation on the date specified in the order.