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.”. |
Result Summary
| Electorate: | 3,397,636 |
| Total Poll: | 1,727,056 |
| Percentage Poll: | 50.83% |
| Votes in favour of the proposal: | 1,384,192 |
| Votes against the proposal: | 302,319 |
| Invalid Ballot Papers: | 40,545 |