Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972
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Amendment No. 4/1972: FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1972 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. |
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[5th January, 1973] |
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WHEREAS by virtue of Article 46 of the Constitution any provision of the Constitution may be amended in the manner provided by that Article: |
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AND WHEREAS it is proposed to amend Article 16 of the Constitution: |
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BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: |
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| Amendment of Article 16 of the constitution. |
1.—Article 16 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows:— |
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( a ) "ocht mbliadhna déag" shall be substituted for "bliadhain agus fiche" in subsection 2° of section 1 of the Irish text |
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( b ) "eighteen years" shall be substituted for "twenty-one years" in subsection 2° of section 1 of the English text. |
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2.—(1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. |
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(2) This Act may be cited as the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972 . |
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