Referendum Act
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The Referendum Act is a Canadian federal law that sets out the rules and procedures for holding national referendums on constitutional or other significant public questions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Referendum Act canonical | 1 |
| Referendum Act (Canada) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6128270 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Referendum Act Context triple: [Elections Canada, hasLegalBasis, Referendum Act]
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A.
Parliamentary Elections Act
The Parliamentary Elections Act is a key piece of Singaporean legislation that governs the conduct, procedures, and regulation of elections to the country’s Parliament.
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B.
Political Reform Act of 1976
The Political Reform Act of 1976 was a pivotal Spanish law that dismantled the Francoist regime’s institutional framework and enabled the country’s peaceful transition to a parliamentary democracy.
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C.
Representation of the People Acts
The Representation of the People Acts are a series of UK laws that progressively expanded and reformed the electoral franchise and voting system, shaping modern British democracy.
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D.
Electoral Commission Act
The Electoral Commission Act was a U.S. federal law passed in 1877 that created a special bipartisan commission to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden.
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E.
Representation of the People Act, 1951
The Representation of the People Act, 1951 is a key Indian law that governs the conduct of elections, qualifications and disqualifications of legislators, and the overall electoral process for Parliament and state legislatures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Referendum Act Target entity description: The Referendum Act is a Canadian federal law that sets out the rules and procedures for holding national referendums on constitutional or other significant public questions.
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A.
Parliamentary Elections Act
The Parliamentary Elections Act is a key piece of Singaporean legislation that governs the conduct, procedures, and regulation of elections to the country’s Parliament.
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B.
Political Reform Act of 1976
The Political Reform Act of 1976 was a pivotal Spanish law that dismantled the Francoist regime’s institutional framework and enabled the country’s peaceful transition to a parliamentary democracy.
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C.
Representation of the People Acts
The Representation of the People Acts are a series of UK laws that progressively expanded and reformed the electoral franchise and voting system, shaping modern British democracy.
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D.
Electoral Commission Act
The Electoral Commission Act was a U.S. federal law passed in 1877 that created a special bipartisan commission to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden.
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E.
Representation of the People Act, 1951
The Representation of the People Act, 1951 is a key Indian law that governs the conduct of elections, qualifications and disqualifications of legislators, and the overall electoral process for Parliament and state legislatures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Canadian federal statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
national referendums
ⓘ
referendums on constitutional questions ⓘ referendums on questions of national importance ⓘ |
| bindingOn |
federal electoral authorities
ⓘ
federal government of Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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| country | Canada ⓘ |
| defines |
process for initiating a national referendum
ⓘ
roles of federal institutions in referendums ⓘ rules for counting referendum ballots ⓘ rules for referendum campaigns ⓘ rules for referendum questions ⓘ rules for referendum voting ⓘ rules for reporting referendum results ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Canada ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Canadian legal system ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure orderly conduct of national referendums
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to provide a legal framework for national referendums in Canada ⓘ to regulate federal referendum procedures ⓘ |
| regulates |
franchise in national referendums
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procedures for conducting national referendums ⓘ referendum campaign conduct ⓘ referendum result certification ⓘ referendum vote counting ⓘ referendum voting process ⓘ rules for holding national referendums ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
constitutional questions
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questions of public interest ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Referendum Act Description of subject: The Referendum Act is a Canadian federal law that sets out the rules and procedures for holding national referendums on constitutional or other significant public questions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Referendum Act