Referendum Act, 1994

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Number 12 of 1994

REFERENDUM ACT, 1994

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

General

Section
1.	Short title, collective citation and commencement.
2.	Interpretation.
3.	Regulations.
4.	Expenses.
5.	Repeals.
6.	Application of certain provisions of Part XXII of Act of 1992.
7.	Secrecy.
8.	Prohibition of disclosure of vote.
9.	Publication of notices.

PART II

Taking a Referendum

10.	The polling day at a constitutional referendum.
11.	Power to appoint the same polling day for a general election and a constitutional referendum.
12.	The polling day at an ordinary referendum.
13.	Times of poll.
14.	The referendum returning officer.
15.	Local returning officers.
16.	Expenses of local returning officers.
17.	Statement by registration authorities of number of presidential electors.
18.	Constituencies.
19.	Polling districts and polling places.
20.	Notice to local returning officers.
21.	Notice of the taking of the referendum.
22.	Copies of Bill to be made available at post offices.
23.	Statement for the information of voters.
24.	Ballot papers.
25.	The official mark.
26.	Provisions as to agents.
27.	Officers not to act as agents.
28.	Voting by postal voters.
29.	Voting by special voters.
30.	Polling on islands.
31.	Authorisation to vote at another polling station.
32.	Taking the poll at a referendum.

PART III

The Counting of the Votes

33.	Arrangements in relation to the counting of votes.
34.	Invalid ballot papers.
35.	Counting of the votes.
36.	Recount.
37.	Report to the referendum returning officer.
38.	Retention and disposal of documents.
39.	Inspection of ballot papers etc.
40.	The provisional referendum certificate.
41.	Notification by Master of the High Court.

PART IV

Referendum Petitions

42.	Referendum petitions.
43.	Grounds for referendum petition.
44.	Presentation of referendum petition.
45.	Particulars in referendum petition.
46.	Trial of referendum petition.
47.	Counting of votes afresh.
48.	Retaking referendum in a constituency.
49.	Withdrawal of petition.
50.	Substitution of new petitioner.
51.	Death of or delay by a petitioner.
52.	Witnesses.
53.	Costs of referendum petition.
54.	Further provisions regarding costs.
55.	Statement of case to Supreme Court.
56.	Service of documents.
57.	The final order on referendum petition.
58.	Provisions in respect of referenda having the same polling day.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Enactments Repealed

SECOND SCHEDULE

Forms of Ballot Paper

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Number 12 of 1994

REFERENDUM ACT, 1994

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE UNDER ARTICLE 47 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF BILLS CONTAINING PROPOSALS FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR THE REFERENCE TO THE PEOPLE UNDER ARTICLE 27 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF OTHER BILLS AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [22nd May, 1994]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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