Referendum Act, 1994

PART II

Taking a Referendum

The polling day at a constitutional referendum.

10.—(1) Whenever a Bill containing a proposal for the amendment of the Constitution shall have been passed or deemed to have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas the Minister shall by order appoint the day (in this Act referred to as “the polling day”) upon which and the period during which the poll at the referendum on such proposal shall be taken.

(2) Subject to section 11 , the polling day shall be not less than thirty days and not more than ninety days after the date of the order.

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

(4) On such a Bill being passed or deemed to have been passed by both Houses the Clerk of the Dáil shall forthwith inform the Minister accordingly.