Referendum on the Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1996 (Bail)

Polling at the referendum took place on Thursday, 28 November 1996. The subject matter of the referendum was described as follows in the official polling card sent to each elector: ‘THE SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BILL, 1996, proposes to add the following subsection to section 4 of Article 40 of the Constitution: "7° Provision may be made by law for the refusal of bail by a court to a person charged with a serious offence where it is reasonably considered necessary to prevent the commission of a serious offence by that person.".’

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Title Referendum on the Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1996 (Bail)
Description Polling at the referendum took place on Thursday, 28 November 1996. The subject matter of the referendum was described as follows in the official polling card sent to each elector: ‘THE SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BILL, 1996, proposes to add the following subsection to section 4 of Article 40 of the Constitution: "7° Provision may be made by law for the refusal of bail by a court to a person charged with a serious offence where it is reasonably considered necessary to prevent the commission of a serious offence by that person.".’
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Geographic coverage National
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    Contact Person Franchise section- Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
    Contact Person Email franchise@housing.gov.ie
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    Period of time covered (begin) 1996-11-28
    Period of time covered (end) 1996-11-28
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    Landing Page https://opendata.housing.gov.ie/dataset/311d8678-8641-4005-af40-7534d34a5cc7
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    High Value Dataset (HVD) No
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      Language English
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