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High Court refuses to grant leave to present a petition concerning the outcome of a referendum, on the grounds that: (a) the petitioner had failed to establish that there was anything inaccurate or misleading about a leaflet circulated by the Referendum Commission; (b) no evidence had been presented that any voters had been misled by the statements in the leaflet; (c) government ministers had been entitled to make statements in favour of the proposed amendment to the constitution; and (d) no evidence had been presented of any electoral irregularity.
Referendums - leave to present petition concerning referendum - s.42 of the Referendum Act 1994 - referendum to delete article from constitution - mechanism for amendment of constitution - Article 46 of the Constitution - conditions precedent to grant of leave - functions of Referendum Commission - information booklet - alleged failure of booklet to explain that approval of referendum "would bring about the loss of the right to life of the unborn" - failure to refer to proposed legislation - statements by ministers in support of referendum - alleged incorrect or misleading statements made by government ministers - alleged electoral irregularities.
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