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Uimhir 5 de 1959.
ACHT AN REIFRINN (LEASÚ), 1959.
[An tiontó oifigiúil.]
Foirm na bpáipéar ballóide i reifreann bunreachta.
1.—I reifreann bunreachta—
(a) is sa bhfoirm atá leagtha amach sa Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo a bheidh gach páipéar ballóide, agus
(b) déanfar an togra is ábhar don reifreann a lua ar an bpáipéar ballóide tríd an mBille ina mbeidh an togra sin agus a bheidh rite nó a mheasfar a bheith rite ag dhá Theach an Oireachtais a lua faoina ghearrtheideal.
Leasuithe de dhroim ailt 1. 1942, Uimh. 8.
2.—Beidh éifeacht ag Acht an Reifrinn, 1942, faoi réir na leasuithe a shonraítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo.
Vótáil ag daoine i bhfostaíocht ceann comhairimh áitiúla.
3.—I gcás—
(a) ina mbeidh teideal ag duine vóta a chaitheamh sa vótáil i reifreann,
(b) go mbeidh sé fostaithe, ag an gceann comhairimh áitiúil don dáilcheantar ina mbeidh teideal aige vótáil, chun aon chríche i ndáil leis an vótáil sa dáilcheantar sin, agus
(c) gur amhlaidh d'imthosca a fhostaíochta, i dtuairim an oifigigh sin, go gcoisceann siad air vótáil sa stáisiún vótála a mbeadh teideal aige vótáil ann mura mbeadh sin,
feadfaidh an t-oifigeach sin údarás i scríbhinn a thabhairt dó chun vótáil i stáisiún vótála sonraithe eile sa dáilcheantar sin, agus measfar, chun críche rialach 8 den na rialacha atá sa Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht an Reifrinn, 1942, gurb é an stáisiún vótála a shonrófar amhlaidh an stáisiún vótála a bheidh ceaptha dó.
Lá na vótála i reifreann bunreachta arb é freisin lá na vótála é do thoghchán an Uachtaráin nó d'olltoghchán.
4.—(1) Aon uair arb é lá na vótála i reifreann bunreachta an lá a dhéanfar freisin an vótáil chun duine a thoghadh chun oifige Uachtarán na hÉireann nó in olltoghchán, oibreoidh údarás faoi alt 3 den Acht seo freisin, i dteannta oibriú chun a údarú do dhuine dá dtabharfar é vóta a chaitheamh sa vótáil sa reifreann sa stáisiún vótála a shonrófar san údarás, chun a údarú dó vóta a chaitheamh sa vótáil sa toghchán sa stáisiún vótála sin, agus measfar, chun críocha rialach 7 de na rialacha atá sa Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht Toghcháin an Uachtaráin, 1937, nó rialach 16 de na rialacha atá sa Chúigiú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht Timpeall Toghchán, 1923 (de réir mar is iomchuí), gurb é an stáisiún vótála sin an stáisiún vótála a bheidh ceaptha dó.
(2) I dteannta feidhm a bheith ag alt 28 d'Acht an Reifrinn, 1942, aon uair arb é lá na vótála i reifreann bunreachta lá na vótála freisin in olltoghchán, beidh feidhm aige freisin aon uair arb é lá na vótála i reifreann bunreachta an lá a dhéanfar freisin vótáil chun duine a thoghadh chun oifige Uachtarán na hÉireann agus, chun na críche sin, déanfar tagairtí san alt sin d'olltoghchán a fhorléiriú mar thagairtí a fholaíonn tagairtí do dhuine a thoghadh chun na hoifige sin.
Reifreann bunreachta i ndáil leis an mBille um an Tríú Leasú ar an mBunreacht, 1958.
5.—I reifreann bunreachta i ndáil leis an mBille um an Tríú Leasú ar an mBunreacht, 1958—
(a) beidh an ráiteas atá leagtha amach sa bhFo-Scríbhinn a ghabhann leis an alt seo ar chárta vótála a chuirfear amach faoi fho-alt (1) d'alt 4 d'Acht an Reifrinn (Leasú), 1946.
(b) cuirfidh an ceann comhairimh áitiúil do dháilcheantar cárta vótála freisin go dtí gach toghthóir a bhfuil a ainm ar an gclár de thoghthóirí Dála don dáilcheantar sin agus ar an liosta de phost-vótálaithe don dáilcheantar sin,
(c) aon chárta vótála a chuirfear amach faoi mhír (b) den alt seo—
(i) cuirfidh sé in iúl gur do phost-vótálaí é agus dá réir sin ní luafar ann uimhir agus suíomh na háite vótála dá dtagartar i bhfo-alt (1) den alt sin 4,
(ii) beidh an ráiteas ann dá dtagartar i mír (a) den alt seo, agus
(iii) cuirfear é leis an bpost chun an toghthóra, an tráth céanna a chuirfear a pháipéar ballóide chuige, agus é dírithe chuige go dtí an seoladh céanna a luafar ar an gclúdach ina gcuirfear an páipéar ballóide,
(d) beidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (3) go (6) den alt sin 4 maidir le cártaí vótála a chuirfear amach faoi mhír (b) den alt seo,
(e) féadfar cóipeanna den ráiteas dá dtagartar i mír (a) den alt seo a chur ar taispeáint i stáisiúin vótála nó ina maighne,
(f) d'ainneoin ailt 2 den Acht seo agus fo-mhíre (ii) de mhír 2 den Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis, nuair a bheifear ag feidhmiú míre (3) de riail 18 de na rialacha atá sa Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht an Reifrinn, 1942—
(I) cuirfear an fho-mhír seo a leanas in ionad fomhíre (a) den mhír sin:
“(a) léifidh an t-oifigeach ceannais don vótálaí gearrtheideal an Bhille ina bhfuil an togra chun an Bunreacht a leasú mar a bheidh sin ráite sa pháipéar ballóide agus fiafróidh sé ansin den vótálaí, ‘An bhfuil tú ag toiliú leis an mBille sin a bheith ina dhlí nó an bhfuil tú i gcoinne an Bhille sin a bheith ina dhlí ?';”
(II) cuirfear an fho-mhír seo a leanas in ionad fo-mhíre (c) den mhír sin:
“(c) mura dtuigeann an vótálaí brí na ceiste sin—
(i) léifidh an t-oifigeach ceannais don vótálaí an coimriú sin ar an togra is ábhar don reifreann atá sa ráiteas atá leagtha amach sa bhFo-Scríbhinn a ghabhann le halt 5 d'Acht an Reifrinn (Leasú), 1959,
(ii) fiafróidh an t-oifigeach ceannais ansin den vótálaí ‘Cé acu is mian leat a dhéanamh—vótáil i bhfabhar an togra? nó vótáil i gcoinne an togra?', agus
(iii) marcálfaidh an t-oifigeach ceannais ansin an páipéar ballóide de réir freagra an vótálaí;”
FO-SCRIBHINN
Tá an Coimriú seo a leanas ar phríomhthograí an Bhille um an Tríú Leasú ar an mBunreacht, 1958, á chur amach mar eolas do vótálaithe.
Faoi láthair, déantar comhaltaí Dháil Éireann a thoghadh de réir na hionadaíochta cionúire do dháilcheantair a dtoghann gach dáilcheantar ar leith díobh triúr Teachta Dála ar a laghad, agus bíonn vóta inaistrithe amháin ag gach vótálaí.
Tá sé beartaithe sa Bhille deireadh a chur le córas na hionadaíochta cionúire agus glacadh, ina ionad, le córas dáilcheantar a dtoghfar Teachta Dála amháin do gach dáilcheantar ar leith díobh, agus vóta amháin nach mbeidh inaistrithe a bheith ag gach vótálaí.
Tá beartaithe freisin sa Bhille Coimisiún a chur ar bun chun na Dáilcheantair a chinneadh agus a athmheas in ionad é sin a bheith á dhéanamh ag an Oireachtas, mar atá an scéal faoi láthair.
MÁ THOILÍONN TÚ leis na tograí atá sa Bhille, cuir X os coinne an fhocail TÁ ar an bPáipéar Ballóide.
MURA dTOILÍONN TÚ leis na tograí atá sa Bhille, cuir X os coinne an fhocail NÍL ar an bPáipéar Ballóide.
Is féidir cóip de théacs iomlán an Bhille a iniúchadh agus a cheannach in aon Phost-Oifig sa tír.
Gearrtheideal, comhlua agus forléiriú, 1942, Uimh. 8.
6.—(1) Féadfar Acht an Reifrinn (Leasú), 1959, a ghairm den Acht seo.
(2) Féadfar Achtanna an Reifrinn, 1942 go 1959, a ghairm d'Achtanna an Reifrinn, 1942 agus 1946, agus den Acht seo le chéile.
(3) Forléireofar an tAcht seo agus Achtanna an Reifrinn, 1942 agus 1946, mar aon ní amháin.
AN CHÉAD SCEIDEAL.
Foirm an Pháipéir Bhallóide i Reifreann Bunreachta.
Foirm éadain an pháipéir bhallóide.
Comhdhuille Reifrinn. Referendum counterfoil. | An bhfuil tú ag toiliú leis an togra chun an Bunreacht do leasú atá sa Bhille thíosluaite ? | Do you approve of the proposal to amend the Constitution contained in the under-mentioned Bill ? | |||
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| TREORACHA I DTAOBH AN PÁIPÉAR SEO DO MHARCÁIL. | INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARKING THIS PAPER. |
| Má thoilíonn tú leis an togra, cuir an marc “X” sa chearnóg os coinne an fhocail “TÁ”. | If you approve of the proposal, place the mark “X” in the square opposite the word “YES”. |
| Mura dtoilíonn tú leis an togra, cuir an marc “X” sa chearnóg os coinne an fhocail “NÍL”. | If you do not approve of the proposal, place the mark “X” in the square opposite the word “NO”. |
Foirm chúil an pháipéir bhallóide.
| Uimhir | Dáilcheantar | ||
| Number | __________________________ | Constituency of | ___________________ |
| Reifreann i dtaobh an Togra chun an Bunreacht do leasú. | Referendum on Proposal to amend the Constitution. | ||
AN DARA SCEIDEAL.
Leasuithe ar Acht an Reifrinn, 1942.
1. Ní bheidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (1), (2) agus (3) d'alt 15 maidir le reifreann bunreachta agus scoirfidh fo-alt (5) den alt sin d'éifeacht a bheith aige.
2. I gcás reifrinn bhunreachta—
(i) nuair a bheifear ag feidhmiú míre (1) de riail 3 de na rialacha atá sa Chéad Sceideal, cuirfear an fho-mhír seo a leanas in ionad fo-mhíre (b) den mhír sin:
“(b) i dtaobh gearrtheidil an Bhille ina bhfuil an togra is ábhar don reifreann sin, agus”; agus
(ii) nuair a bheifear ag feidhmiú míre (3) de riail 18 de na rialacha sin, cuirfear an fho-mhír seo a leanas in ionad fo-mhíre (c) den mhír sin:
“(c) mura dtuigeann an vótálaí brí na ceiste sin, léifidh an t-oifigeach ceannais don vótálaí gearrtheideal an Bhille do leasú an Bhunreachta mar a bheidh sin ráite sa pháipéar ballóide agus fiafróidh sé ansin den vótálaí, ‘An bhfuil tú ag toiliú leis an mBille sin a bheith ina dhlí nó an bhfuil tú i gcoinne an Bhille sin a bheith ina dhlí? agus marcálfaidh sé ansin an páipéar ballóide de réir freagra an vótálaí;”.
Number 5 of 1959.
REFERENDUM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1959.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Form of ballot paper at constitutional referendum.
Amendments of Referendum act, 1942.
Acts Referred to | |
1942, No. 8 | |
1937, No. 32 | |
1923, No. 12 | |
1946, No. 30 | |
Number 5 of 1959.
REFERENDUM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1959.
Form of ballot papers at constitutional referendum.
1.—At a constitutional referendum—
(a) every ballot paper shall be in the form set out in the First Schedule to this Act, and
(b) the proposal which is the subject of the referendum shall be stated on the ballot paper by citing by its short title the Bill containing such proposal passed or deemed to have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas.
Amendments consequential on section 1.
2.—The Referendum Act, 1942, shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in the Second Schedule to this Act.
Voting by persons in employment of local returning officers.
3.—Where—
(a) a person is entitled to vote at the poll at a referendum,
(b) he is employed, by the local returning officer for the constituency in which he is entitled to vote, for any purpose in connection with the poll in that constituency, and
(c) the circumstances of his employment are, in the opinion of that officer, such as to prevent him from voting at the polling station at which he would otherwise be entitled to vote,
that officer may authorise him in writing to vote at a specified other polling station in that constituency, and the polling station so specified shall, for the purpose of rule 8 of the rules contained in the First Schedule to the Referendum Act, 1942, be deemed to be the polling station allotted to him.
Polling day at constitutional referendum also polling day at presidential or general election.
4.—(1) Whenever the polling day at a constitutional referendum is also the day on which the poll at an election of a person to the office of President of Ireland or at a general election is taken, an authorisation under section 3 of this Act, as well as operating to authorise the person to whom it is given to vote at the poll at the referendum at the polling station specified in the authorisation, shall also operate to authorise him to vote at the poll at the election at that polling station, and that polling station shall, for the purposes of (as may be appropriate) rule 7 of the rules contained in the First Schedule to the Presidential Elections Act, 1937, or rule 16 of the rules contained in the Fifth Schedule to the Electoral Act, 1923, be deemed to be the polling station allotted to him.
(2) Section 28 of the Referendum Act, 1942, as well as applying whenever the polling day at a constitutional referendum is also the polling day at a general election, shall also apply whenever the polling day at a constitutional referendum is also the day on which the poll at an election of a person to the office of President of Ireland is taken and, for that purpose, references in that section to a general election shall be construed as including references to an election of a person to that office.
Constitutional referendum in relation to Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1958.
5.—At a constitutional referendum in relation to the Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1958—
(a) a polling card sent under subsection (1) of section 4 of the Referendum (Amendment) Act, 1946, 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 situation of polling place referred to in subsection (1) of the said section 4,
(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 4 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 may be displayed in or in the precincts of polling stations,
(f) notwithstanding section 2 of this Act and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph 2 of the Second Schedule thereto, in applying paragraph (3) of rule 18 of the rules contained in the First Schedule to the Referendum Act, 1942—
(I) the following subparagraph shall be substituted for subparagraph (a) of that paragraph:
“(a) the presiding officer shall read out to the voter the short title of the Bill containing the proposal 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 ?’;”
(II) the following subparagraph shall be substituted for subparagraph (c) of that paragraph:
“(c) where the voter fails to understand the import of the said question, the presiding officer—
(i) shall read out to the voter such summary of the proposal which is the subject of the referendum as is contained in the statement set out in the Appendix to section 5 of the Referendum (Amendment) Act, 1959,
(ii) shall then ask the voter ‘Which do you wish to do—to vote in favour of the proposal? or to vote against the proposal?’, and
(iii) shall then mark the ballot paper in accordance with the answer of the voter;”
APPENDIX
The following Summary of the principal proposals in the Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1958, is circulated for the information of voters:
At present, members of Dáil Éireann are elected on a system of proportional representation for constituencies returning at least three members, each voter having a single transferable vote.
It is proposed in the Bill to abolish the system of proportional representation and to adopt, instead, a system of single-member constituencies, each voter having a single non-transferable vote.
It is also proposed in the Bill to set up a Commission for the determination and revision of the constituencies, instead of having this done by the Oireachtas, as at present.
If you APPROVE of the proposals in the Bill, place an X opposite the word YES on the Ballot Paper.
If you DO NOT APPROVE of the proposals in the Bill, place an X opposite the word NO on the Ballot Paper.
A copy of the full text of the Bill can be inspected and purchased at all Post Offices throughout the country.
Short title, collective citation and construction.
6.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Referendum (Amendment) Act, 1959.
(2) The Referendum Acts, 1942 and 1946, and this Act may be cited together as the Referendum Acts, 1942 to 1959.
(3) This Act shall be construed as one with the Referendum Acts, 1942 and 1946.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Form of Ballot Paper at Constitutional Referendum.
Form of front of ballot paper.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
Amendments of Referendum Act, 1942.
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.
2. In the case of a constitutional referendum—
(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:
“(b) the short title of the Bill containing the proposal which is the subject of such referendum, and”; and
(ii) in applying paragraph (3) of rule 18 of those rules, the following subparagraph shall be substituted for subparagraph (c) of that paragraph:
“(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;”.