Twenty-First Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2001
Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2001 | ||||||||
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TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 2001 | ||||||||
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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: | ||||||||
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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. | ||||||||
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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. | ||||||||
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SCHEDULE | ||||||||
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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. | ||||||||
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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°. |
