Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1986
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Modification of Act of 1963 and European Assembly Elections Act, 1977. |
20.—(1) Sections 26 (which relates to the right to vote at a Dáil election), 51 (which relates to the right to vote at a presidential election), 70 (which relates to the right to vote at a referendum), and 85 (which relates to the right to vote at a local election) of the Act of 1963, and Rule 47 (which relates to the right to vote at an Assembly election) of the First Schedule to the European Assembly Elections Act, 1977 , shall be construed and have effect subject to the following modification, that is to say, the returning officer or the presiding officer may and, if so required on behalf of any candidate or personation agent present in the polling station at an election, shall, request any person at the time of his applying for a ballot paper, but not afterwards, to produce a specified document and, if the person fails to produce such a document, or if the returning officer or the presiding officer is not satisfied that the person is the person to whom the document relates, such person shall not be permitted to vote. | |
(2) For the purposes of the modification of the Act of 1963 and of the European Assembly Elections Act, 1977 , effected by subsection (1) of this section, “specified document” means such document as may be prescribed. |