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SECOND SCHEDULE.
Amendments of Referendum Act, 1942.
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1. Subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 15 shall not apply in relation to a constitutional referendum and subsection (5) of that section shall cease to have effect.
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2. In the case of a constitutional referendum—
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(i) in applying paragraph (1) of rule 3 of the rules contained in the First Schedule, the following subparagraph shall be substituted for subparagraph (b) of that paragraph:
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“(b) the short title of the Bill containing the proposal which is the subject of such referendum, and”; and
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(ii) in applying paragraph (3) of rule 18 of those rules, the following subparagraph shall be substituted for subparagraph (c) of that paragraph:
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“(c) where the voter fails to understand the import of the said question, the presiding officer shall read out to the voter the short title of the Bill to amend the Constitution as stated on the ballot paper and then ask the voter, ‘ Do you approve of or do you object to that Bill becoming law?’ and then mark the ballot paper in accordance with the answer of the voter;”.
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