Electoral Act, 1923
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SEVENTH SCHEDULE. | ||||||||
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Part I. RULES FOR CONDUCT OF REFERENDA. | ||||||||
Proclamation to be sent to Returning Officers. | ||||||||
1. The Clerk of the Dáil immediately upon the publication of the Proclamation appointing the day on which a Referendum is to be taken shall send to the Returning Officer in each constituency a copy of such Proclamation and copies of the Bill to which such Referendum relates. | ||||||||
Public notice of day of Referendum. | ||||||||
2. Each Returning Officer shall, within two days after he receives the said copy of the Proclamation, give public notice (in the same manner as is prescribed in Rule 1 of the Fifth Schedule to this Act for the publication of the matters therein mentioned) of the day on which the Referendum will be taken and of the times and places at which a copy of the Bill to which such Referendum relates can be inspected. Every such public notice shall be in the prescribed form. | ||||||||
3. Any Proclamation issued before the day fixed for the coming into force of the first register prepared under this Act shall, for the purpose of taking a Referendum, be deemed to have been issued on the day fixed for the coming into force of the said Register, and any dates fixed by or under this Act or by any such Proclamation aforesaid, at or during which anything is to be done shall be postponed accordingly. | ||||||||
Inspection of copy of Bill. | ||||||||
4. The Returning Officer shall make a copy of the said Bill available for inspection by the public, at each of the places at which documents are made available for inspection, in accordance with Rule 30 of the First Schedule of this Act, during three hours between the hours of ten in the forenoon and four in the afternoon on every day intervening between the publication of the notice aforesaid and the day on which the Referendum is taken. | ||||||||
5. The Ballot Papers at a Referendum shall be in the form set out in Part II. of this Schedule and in the event of Referenda in respect of two or more Bills being taken on the same day separate ballot papers of different and distinctive colours shall be provided for each Referendum. | ||||||||
Conduct of Referendum in Constituencies. | ||||||||
6. Each Returning Officer shall conduct the Referendum in his constituency on the appointed day in the same manner in all respects as he is required by Part III. of this Act and the Fourth Schedule and Rules Nos. 13 to 19 and 21 to 34 and 44 to 53 inclusive, of Part I ., and the whole of Part II . of the Fifth Schedule to this Act with the necessary modifications to conduct a poll at a bye-election at which there are not more than two candidates. | ||||||||
Communication of voting to Clerk of Dáil. | ||||||||
7. When the Returning Officer has completed the counting of the votes cast in his constituency he shall not publish the result of such counting, but shall forthwith transmit by post to the Clerk of the Dáil in an envelope marked “Result of Referendum” a certificate in the prescribed form stating the number of votes cast in favour of the Bill and against the Bill respectively in his constituency and every such envelope shall be forwarded and delivered by the Post Office free of charge. | ||||||||
Publication of result of Referendum. | ||||||||
8. When the Clerk of the Dáil shall have received from the several Returning Officers the results of the voting in all the constituencies he shall tabulate such results and ascertain therefrom the result of the voting on that referendum and shall communicate such result to the Oireachtas in such manner as shall from time to time be directed by the Dáil, and shall publish same in the Iris Oifigiúil. | ||||||||
Disposal of documents, packets, etc. | ||||||||
9. When the Returning Officer has transmitted the certificate of the number of votes cast in his constituency he shall comply with the provisions of Rule 9 (4) of the Fourth Schedule and Rules 34, 35 and 36 of the Fifth Schedule to this Act and thereupon Rules 37 to 41 inclusive of the said Fifth Schedule shall apply to all papers, packets and other things sent to the Clerk of the Dáil under the said Rules 9 (4), 34, 35 and 36. | ||||||||
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Part II. FORM OF BALLOT PAPER To be used at a Referendum. Form of Front of Ballot Paper | ||||||||
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Counterfoil No. | ||||||||
Note: The Counterfoil is to have a number to correspond with that on the back of the Ballot Paper. | ||||||||
Form of Back of Ballot Paper | ||||||||
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