Twenty-First Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2001

Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2001

TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 2001

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Part 1

Part 2

TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 2001

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. [27th March, 2002]

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 Articles 13, 15, 28 and 40 of the Constitution:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Amendment of Articles 13, 15, 28 and 40 of the Constitution.

1.—(a) The amendments to Articles 13, 15, 28 and 40 of the Constitution which are set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Act shall be made in the Irish text.

(b) The amendments to those Articles which are set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Act shall be made in the English text.

(c) Article 15.5 of both texts shall be numbered as Article 15.5.1° and subsections 6° and 7° of Article 40.4 of both texts shall be numbered as subsections 5° and 6° respectively.

Citation.

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

(2) This Act may be cited as the Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2001.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

In Airteagal 13.6, “, taobh amuigh de chásanna breithe báis,” a scriosadh;

In Airteagal 15.5, an fo-alt seo a leanas a chur isteach:

“2°   Ní cead don Oireachtas aon dlí a achtú lena ndéanfar socrú chun pionós an bháis a ghearradh.”;

In Airteagal 28.3.3°, “seachas Airteagal 15.5.2°” a chur isteach i ndiaidh “sa Bhunreacht seo”;

In Airteagal 40.4, fo-alt 5° a scriosadh.

Part 2

In Article 13.6, to delete “, except in capital cases,”;

In Article 15.5, to insert the following subsection:

“2°   The Oireachtas shall not enact any law providing for the imposition of the death penalty.”;

In Article 28.3.3°, to insert “other than Article 15.5.2°” after “Constitution”;

In Article 40.4, to delete subsection 5°.