Referendum on the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 1995 (Dissolution of marriage)

Polling at the referendum took place on Friday, 24 November 1995. The subject matter of the referendum was described as follows in the official polling card sent to each elector: ‘THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (NO. 2) BILL, 1995, proposes to substitute the subsection here following for subsection 2° of Article 41.3 of the Constitution: "2° A Court designated by law may grant a dissolution of marriage where, but only where, it is satisfied that - i. at the date of the institution of the proceedings, the spouses have lived apart from one another for a period of, or periods amounting to, at least four years during the previous five years, ii there is no reasonable prospect of a reconciliation between the spouses, iii such provision as the Court considers proper having regard to the circumstances exists or will be made for the spouses, any children of either or both of them and any other person prescribed by law, and iv any further conditions prescribed by law are complied with." .’