Referendum Act, 1942

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PART II.

The Poll at a Referendum.

The polling day at a constitutional referendum.

8.—(1) Whenever a bill containing a proposal for the amendment of the Constitution shall have been passed or be deemed to have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas it shall be lawful for the Minister to appoint by order the day (in this Act also referred to as the polling day) upon which the polling at the referendum on such proposal shall take place.

(2) The polling day appointed by an order made by the Minister under this section shall not be less than thirty days and not more than ninety days after the date of such order.

(3) Every order made by the Minister under this section shall be published in the Iris Oifigiúil as soon as may be after it is made.