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Number 23 of 1972
REFERENDUM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Number 23 of 1972
REFERENDUM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972
Constitutional referenda in relation to Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1972, and Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1972.
1.—At a constitutional referendum in relation to the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1972, and at a constitutional referendum in relation to the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1972—
(a) a polling card sent under section 64 (1) of the Electoral Act, 1963, shall contain the statement set out in the Appendix to this section,
(b) a polling card shall also be sent by the local returning officer for a constituency to every elector whose name is on the register of Dáil electors for such constituency and is on the postal voters list for such constituency,
(c) a polling card sent under paragraph (b) of this section—
(i) shall indicate that it is for a postal voter and shall accordingly not state the number and place referred to in the said section 64 (1),
(ii) shall contain the statement referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, and
(iii) shall be sent by post to the elector at the same time as his ballot paper is sent, being addressed to him at the same address as is stated on the envelope in which the ballot paper is sent.
(d) subsections (3) to (6) of the said section 64 shall apply in relation to polling cards sent under paragraph (b) of this section,
(e) copies of the statement referred to in paragraph (a) of this section shall be displayed by a presiding officer in and in the precincts of his polling station:
Provided that no referendum shall be invalidated by reason of any failure to display such copies in or in the precincts of any polling station,
(f) in applying Rule 18 (inserted by the Electoral Act, 1963) of the First Schedule to the Referendum Act, 1942, the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (5)—
“(5) (a) Where a ballot paper is to be marked pursuant to paragraph (3) of this Rule, the presiding officer may assist the voter by reading out in full from the ballot paper the proposal stated therein and asking the voter ‘Do you approve of or do you object to that Bill becoming law?’ and shall then, unless it is a case to which subparagraph (b) of this paragraph applies, mark the ballot paper in accordance with the answer of the voter, but he shall not act on any written instruction.
(b) Where the voter fails to understand the import of the said question, the presiding officer—
(i) shall read out to the voter such statement of the proposal which is the subject of the referendum as is set out in paragraph 1 of the Appendix to section 1 of the Referendum (Amendment) Act, 1972,
(ii) shall then ask the voter ‘Which do you wish to do—to vote in favour of the proposal to change the Constitution? or to vote against the proposal to change the Constitution?’, and
(iii) shall then mark the ballot paper in accordance with the answer of the voter, but shall not act on any written instruction.”
APPENDIX
1. You may vote at the Referenda on two proposals:—
GREEN BALLOT PAPER
The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1972, proposes to reduce the minimum voting age at Dáil and Presidential elections and Referenda from 21 years to 18 years.
WHITE BALLOT PAPER
The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1972, proposes to delete subsections 2° and 3° of Article 44.1 of the Constitution which provide as follows:
2° The State recognises the special position of the Holy Catholic Apostolic and Roman Church as the guardian of the Faith professed by the great majority of the citizens.
3° The State also recognises the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Methodist Church in Ireland, the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland, as well as the Jewish Congregations and the other religious denominations existing in Ireland at the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution.
If the proposal is approved Article 44 would provide as follows:
Religion.
Article 44.
1. The State acknowledges that the homage of public worship is due to Almighty God. It shall hold His Name in reverence, and shall respect and honour religion.
2. 1° Freedom of conscience and the free profession and practice of religion are, subject to public order and morality, guaranteed to every citizen.
2° The State guarantees not to endow any religion.
3° The State shall not impose any disabilities or make any discrimination on the ground of religious profession, belief or status.
4° Legislation providing State aid for schools shall not discriminate between schools under the management of different religious denominations, nor be such as to affect prejudicially the right of any child to attend a school receiving public money without attending religious instruction at that school.
5° Every religious denomination shall have the right to manage its own affairs, own, acquire and administer property, movable and immovable, and maintain institutions for religious or charitable purposes.
6° The property of any religious denomination or any educational institution shall not be diverted save for necessary works of public utility and on payment of compensation.
2. If you APPROVE of the proposal in the Bill to which the ballot paper relates, mark X opposite the word YES on the paper.
3. If you DO NOT APPROVE of the proposal in the Bill to which the ballot paper relates, mark X opposite the word NO on the paper.
4. Copies of the Bills can be inspected free of charge and purchased for two and a half pence each at any Post Office.
Short title, collective citation and construction.
2.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Amendment) Act, 1972.
(2) The collective citation, the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1972, shall include this Act.
(3) This Act shall be construed as one with the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1972.
Uimhir 23 de 1972
ACHT AN REIFRINN (LEASÚ), 1972
[An tiontú oifigiúil]
Reifrinn bhunreachta maidir leis an mBille um an gCeathrú Leasú ar an mBunreacht, 1972, agus leis an mBille um an gCúigiú Leasú ar an mBunreacht, 1972.
1.—I reifreann bunreachta maidir leis an mBille um an gCeathrú Leasú ar an mBunreacht, 1972, agus i reifreann bunreachta maidir leis an mBille um an gCúigiú Leasú ar an mBunreacht, 1972—
(a) bedh an ráiteas atá leagtha amach san Fhoscríbhinn a ghabhann leis an alt seo i gcárta vótaíochta a chuirfear amach faoi alt 64 (1) den Acht Toghcháin, 1963,
(b) cuirfidh an ceann comhairimh áitiúil do dháilcheantar cárta vótaíochta freisin chuig gach toghthóir a bhfuil a ainm ar chlár na dtoghthóirí Dála don dáilcheantar sin agus ar liosta na bpostvótálaithe don dáilcheantar sin,
(c) gach cárta vótaíochta a chuirfear amach faoi mhír (b) den alt seo—
(i) luafaidh sé gur do phostvótálaí é agus dá réir sin ní luafaidh sé an uimhir ná an áit dá dtagraítear san alt sin 64 (1),
(ii) beidh an ráiteas ann dá dtagraítear i mír (a) den alt seo, agus
(iii) cuirfear é leis an bpost chuig an toghthóir, an tráth céanna a chuirfear a pháipéar ballóide chuige, agus é dírithe chuige ag an seoladh a bheidh ar an gclúdach ina gcuirfear an páipéar ballóide chuige,
(d) beidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (3) go (6) den alt sin 64 maidir le cártaí vótaíochta a chuirfear amach faoi mhír (b) den alt seo.
(e) cuirfidh oifigeach ceannais cóipeanna den ráiteas dá dtagraítear i mír (a) den alt seo ar taispeáint ina stáisiún vótaíochta agus i maighne a stáisiúin vótaíochta:
Ar choinníoll nach mbeidh aon reifreann ó bhail dlí mar gheall ar aon mhainneachtain cóipeanna den sórt sin a chur ar taispeáint in aon stáisiún vótaíochta nó i maighne aon stáisiúin vótaíochta,
(f) le linn Riail 18 (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Toghcháin, 1963) den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht an Reifrinn, 1942, a bheith á feidhmiú cuirfear an mhír seo a leanas in ionad mhír (5)—
“(5) (a) Má bhíonn páipéar ballóide le marcáil de bhun mhír (3) den Riail seo, féadfaidh an t-oifigeach ceannais cuidiú leis an vótálaí tríd an togra a bheidh luaite sa pháipéar ballóide a léamh amach go hiomlán as an bpáipéar ballóide agus a fhiafraí den vótálaí ‘Cé acu a thoilíonn tú nó nach dtoilíonn tú le dlí a dhéanamh den Bhille sin?’ agus déanfaidh sé ansin, mura cás é lena mbaineann fomhír (b) den mhír seo, an páipéar ballóide a mharcáil de réir freagra an vótálaí, ach ní ghníomhóidh sé de réir aon treorach scríofa.
(b) Mura dtuigfidh an vótálaí brí na ceiste sin déanfaidh an t-oifigeach ceannais mar a leanas:—
(1) léifidh sé amach don vótálaí an ráiteas sin ar an togra is ábhar don reifreann atá leagtha amach i mír 1 den Fhoscríbhinn a ghabhann le halt 1 d'Acht an Reifrinn (Leasú), 1972,
(ii) fiafróidh sé ansin den vótálaí ‘Cé acu is mian leat a dhéanamh—vótáil i bhfabhar an togra chun an Bunreacht a leasú? nó vótáil i gcoinne an togra chun an Bunreacht a leasú?’, agus
(iii) marcálfaidh sé an páipéar ballóide ansin de réir freagra an vótálaí, ach ní ghníomhóidh sé de réir aon treorach scríofa.”
FOSCRÍBHINN
1. Féadfaidh tú vótáil sna Reifrinn ar dhá thogra:—
AN PÁIPÉAR BALLÓIDE UAINE
An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú ar an mBunreacht, 1972: is é atá beartaithe leis an mBille sin an aois vótála íosta i dtoghcháin don Dáil agus don Uachtarán agus i Reifrinn a laghdú ó 21 bliain d'aois go dtí 18 mbliana d'aois.
AN PÁIPÉAR BALLÓIDE BÁN
An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú ar an mBunreacht, 1972: is é atá beartaithe leis an mBille sin fo-ailt 2° agus 3° d'Airteagal 44.1 den Bhunreacht a scriosadh. Is iad seo a leanas na fo-ailt sin:
2° Admhuigheann an Stát an chéim fá leith atá ag an Naomh-Eaglais Chatoiliceach Aspalda Rómhánach ós í is caomhnaidhe don Chreideamh atá ag árd-urmhór na saoránach.
3° Admhuigheann an Stát, fairis sin, Eaglais na hÉireann, an Eaglais Phresbitéarach i nÉirinn, an Eaglais Mhetoidisteach i nÉirinn, Creideamh-Chumann na gCarad i nÉirinn, mar aon leis na Pobail Iúdacha agus na haicmí eile creidimh atá i nÉirinn lá an Bunreacht so do theacht i ngníomh.
Má thoilítear leis an togra, is mar seo a leanas a bheidh Airteagal 44:
Creideamh.
Airteagal 44.
1. Admhuigheann an Stát go bhfuil ag dul do Dhia na nUilechumhacht é d'adhradh le hómós go poiblidhe. Beidh urraim ag an Stát dá ainm, agus bhéarfaidh oirmhidin agus onóir do Chreideamh.
2.1° Ráthuighthear do gach saoránach saoirse choinsiais is saorchead admhála is cleachttha creidimh, ach gan san do dhul chun dochair don ord phoiblidhe ná don mhóráltacht phoiblidhe.
2° Ráthuigheann an Stát gan aon chóras creidimh do mhaoiniú.
3° Ní cead don Stát neach do chur fá mhí-chumas ar bith ná aon idirdhealú do dhéanamh mar gheall ar chreideamh nó admháil chreidimh nó céim i gcúrsaíbh creidimh.
4° Reachtaidheacht le n-a gcuirtear congnamh Stáit ar fagháil do scolaibh ní cead idirdhealú do dhéanamh innti idir scolaibh atá fá bhainistighe aicmí creidimh seachas a chéile ná í do dhéanamh dochair do cheart aon leinbh chun scoil a gheibheann airgead poiblidhe d'fhreastal gan teagasc creidimh sa scoil sin d'fhreastal.
5° Tá sé de cheart ag gach aicme chreidimh a ngnóthaí féin do bhainistighe, agus maoin, idir sho-aistrighthe agus do-aistrighthe, do bheith dá gcuid féin aca, agus í d'fhagháil agus do riaradh, agus fondúireachta chun crícheanna creidimh is carthannachta do chothabháil.
6° Ní cead maoin aon aicme creidimh ná aon fhondúireachta oideachais do bhaint díobh ach amháin le haghaidh oibreacha riachtanacha chun áise poiblide, agus san tar éis cúiteamh d'íoc leo.
2. MÁ THOILÍONN tú leis an togra atá sa Bhille lena mbaineann an páipéar ballóide, cuir X os coinne an fhocail TÁ ar an bpáipéar.
3. MURA dTOILÍONN tú leis an togra atá sa Bhille lena mbaineann an páipéar ballóide, cuir X os coinne an fhocail NÍL ar an bpáipéar.
4. Is féidir cóipeanna de na Billí a iniúchadh saor in aisce agus iad a cheannach ar dhá phingin go leith an ceann in aon Phost-Oifig.
Gearrtheideal, comhlua agus forléiriú.
2.—(1) Féadfar Acht an Reifrinn (Leasú), 1972, a ghairm den Acht seo.
(2) Folófar an tAcht seo sa chomhlua, Achtanna an Reifrinn, 1942 go 1972.
(3) Forléireofar an tAcht seo agus Achtanna an Reifrinn, 1942 go 1972, mar aon ní amháin.