Referendum (Amendment) Act, 1979
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: —At a constitutional referendum in relation to the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution (Adoption) Bill, 1978, and at a constitutional referendum in relation to the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Election of Members of Seanad Ãireann by Institutions of Higher Education) Bill, 1979—
(a) a polling card sent under section 64 (1) of the Electoral Act, 1963 , shall contain the statement set out in the Appendix to this section,
(b) a polling card shall also be sent by the local returning officer for a constituency to every elector whose name is on the register of DÃ¡il electors for such constituency and is on the postal voters list for such constituency,
(c) a polling card sent under paragraph (b) of this section—
(i) shall indicate that it is for a postal voter and shall accordingly not state the number and place referred to in the said section 64 (1),
(ii) shall contain the statement referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, and
(iii) shall be sent by post to the elector at the same time as his ballot paper is sent, being addressed to him at the same address as is stated on the envelope in which the ballot paper is sent,
(d) subsections (3) to (6) of the said section 64 shall apply in relation to polling cards sent under paragraph (b) of this section,
(e) copies of the statement referred to in paragraph (a) of this section shall be displayed by a presiding officer in and in the precincts of his polling station:
Provided that no referendum shall be invalidated by reason of any failure to display such copies in or in the precincts of any polling station,
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paragraphs: —(1) For the purpose of taking the poll at a referendum referred to in section 1 of this Act—
(a) each county and each county borough in the State shall be deemed to be a constituency and the poll shall be taken separately in each such constituency, and
(b) each voter at the poll shall record his vote in the constituency in which he would be entitled to vote at a general election of members of DÃ¡il Ãireann if each county and each county borough in the State were a constituency for such an election,
and the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1979, shall be construed as if each county and county borough in the State were a constituency and those Acts shall apply and have effect accordingly with any necessary modification.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section—
(a) paragraphs (c) and (e) of section 11 of the Referendum Act, 1942 , shall not have effect in relation to a poll at a referendum referred to in the said section 1, and
(b) the Referendum Act, 1942 , shall have effect in relation to a poll at a referendum referred to in the said section 1 as if “constituency” were substituted for “such constituency” in paragraphs (d) (inserted by the Electoral Act, 1963 ) and (f) of the said section 11.
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paragraphs: —The Electoral Act, 1963 , is hereby amended—
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paragraphs: —(1) This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Amendment) Act, 1979.
(2) The Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1973, and this Act may be cited together as the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1979.
(3) This Act shall be construed as one with the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1973.
Acts Referred to
Electoral Act, 1963
1963, No. 19
Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1972
1972, No. 4
Referendum Act, 1942
1942, No. 8
Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1973