Polling at the referendum took place on Friday, 24 May 2019. The subject matter of the
referendum was described as follows in the official polling card sent to
each elector:
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (DISSOLUTION OF
MARRIAGE) BILL 2016 – printed on GREEN Paper
You are being asked, in this referendum, if you agree with the proposal -
(a) to delete the following paragraph from Article 41.3.2° of the Constitution:
“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,”, and
(b) to delete the following subsection from Article 41.3 of the Constitution:
“3° No person whose marriage has been dissolved under the civil law of
any other State but is a subsisting valid marriage under the law for
the time being in force within the jurisdiction of the Government and
Parliament established by this Constitution shall be capable of
contracting a valid marriage within that jurisdiction during the lifetime
of the other party to the marriage so dissolved.”,
and to substitute that subsection with the following:
“3° Provision may be made by law for the recognition under the law of
the State of a dissolution of marriage granted under the civil law of
another state.".
