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Amendment of Article 29 of Constitution.
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1.— (1) Article 29 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows:
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(a) in subsection 3° of section 4 of the Irish text—
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(i) the words “den Chomhphobal Eorpach do Ghual agus Cruach (do bunuigheadh le Connradh do sínigheadh i bPáras an 18adh lá d’Aibreán, 1951), de Chomhphobal Eacnamaíochta na hEorpa (do bunuigheadh le Connradh do sínigheadh insan Róimh an 25adh lá de Mhárta, 1957) agus”, and
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(ii) the second sentence,
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shall be repealed,
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(b) in subsection 3° of section 4 of the English text—
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(i) the words “the European Coal and Steel Community (established by Treaty signed at Paris on the 18th day of April, 1951), the European Economic Community (established by Treaty signed at Rome on the 25th day of March, 1957) and”, and
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(ii) the second sentence,
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shall be repealed,
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(c) subsections 4°, 5°, 6°, 7°, 8°, 9°, 10° and 11° of section 4 of both the Irish text and the English text shall be repealed,
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(d) the subsections, the texts of which are set out in Part 1 of the Schedule, shall be inserted after subsection 3° of section 4 of the Irish text,
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(e) the subsections, the texts of which are set out in Part 2 of the Schedule, shall be inserted after subsection 3° of section 4 of the English text.
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(2) The amendment of section 4 of Article 29 of the Constitution effected by this Act shall—
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(a) subject to paragraph (b), have effect upon and from the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, signed at Lisbon on the 13th day of December 2007, and
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(b) in so far as it inserts subsection 5° of that section, have effect upon and from the passing of this Act.
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(3) Subsection 5° (inserted by this Act) of section 4 of Article 29 of the Constitution shall, before the entry into force of the treaty referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2), be numbered subsection 12°.
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