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Referendum Act (No. 7 of 1981) - Sect 2

President to direct the conduct of a Referendum

2.
(1) A Referendum in terms of Chapter XIII of me Constitution shall be conducted by the Commissioner of Elections (hereinafter referred to as the Commissioner ), where the President has, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, directed such Commissioner to conduct a Referendum.
(2) A Proclamation issued under subsection (1) shall
(a) specify the proposal to be put to the People at the Referendum in the form of a question which shall be answered by a " Yes " or a " No " ; and
(b) appoint a day for the taking of the poll at such Referendum. Such day shall be
(i) a day not earlier than thirty days from the date of publication of the Proclamation ;
(ii) a day other than a Full Moon Poya day or any public holiday specified in the First Schedule to the Holidays Act, No. 29 of 1971; and if, after the publication of the Proclamation, the day specified in such Proclamation is declared to be a public holiday, such declaration shall in no way affect the validity of anything done on such day for the purpose of holding the Referendum.


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