Referendum Act, 1994
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PART IV Referendum Petitions | ||
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Referendum petitions. |
42.—(1) The validity of a provisional referendum certificate may, and may only, be questioned by a petition to the High Court (in this Act referred to as “a referendum petition”) in accordance with this Act. | |
(2) A referendum petition in relation to a provisional referendum certificate shall not be presented to the High Court unless that court, on application made to it in that behalf by or on behalf of the person proposing to present it not later than seven days after the publication in Iris Oifigiúil of the certificate, by order grants leave to the person to do so. | ||
(3) The High Court shall not grant leave under subsection (2) to present a referendum petition unless it is satisfied— | ||
(a) that there is prima facie evidence of a matter referred to in section 43 in relation to which the referendum petition questions the provisional referendum certificate concerned, and | ||
(b) that the said matter is such as to affect materially the result of the referendum as a whole. | ||
(4) An application for leave to present a referendum petition may be made by the Director of Public Prosecutions or by any person who is registered or entitled to be registered as a presidential elector. |