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NINTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1984


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

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Amendment of Article 16 of the Constitution.

2.

Citation.

SCHEDULE

Part I

Part II

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NINTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1984


AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. [2nd August, 1984]

WHEREAS by virtue of Article 46 of the Constitution any provision of the Constitution may be amended in the manner provided by that Article:

AND WHEREAS it is proposed to amend Article 16 of the Constitution:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Amendment of Article 16 of the Constitution.

1. —Article 16 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows:

(a) the subsection set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Act shall be substituted for subsection 2° of section 1 of the Irish text,

(b) the subsection set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Act shall be substituted for subsection 2° of section 1 of the English text,

(c) “a dhícháileochadh saoránach ar bith nó duine ar bith eile, ar an bhforas céanna sin,” shall be inserted after “de Dháil Éireann nó” in subsection 3° of section 1 of the Irish text,

(d) “or other person” shall be inserted after “disqualifying any citizen” in subsection 3° of section 1 of the English text.

Citation.

2. —(1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Ninth Amendment of the Constitution.

(2) This Act may be cited as the Ninth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1984.