Referendum (Amendment) Act, 1946

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Hours of poll at a referendum.

2.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the poll at a referendum shall commence at the hour of 9 o'clock a.m. and be kept open till the hour of 9 o'clock p.m. and no longer, unless, in the case of a particular referendum, the Minister by order directs that the poll at that referendum shall be kept open until the hour of 9.30 p.m., in which case the poll at that referendum shall be kept open until the hour of 9.30 p.m.

(2) Whenever the polling day at a constitutional referendum is also the polling day at a general election of members of Dáil Éireann, the hours of poll for the Dáil election shall be the hours of poll at the constitutional referendum.