REFERENDUM ACT 1994
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.
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References to "Clerk of Dáil Éireann" construed (26.07.2014) by Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2014 (24/2014), s. 1, commenced on enactment.
Absence, incapacity or vacancy in office of Clerk of Dáil Éireann
1. (1) If and so long as the office of Clerk of Dáil Éireann is vacant or the holder of that office is unable through illness, absence or other cause to perform his or her functions under any of the relevant statutory provisions, the functions conferred on the said Clerk by those provisions shall be performed by the Clerk-Assistant of Dáil Éireann and relevant references in the relevant Acts to the Clerk of Dáil Éireann shall be construed as references to the Clerk-Assistant of Dáil Éireann and any connected references shall be construed accordingly.
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