Constitution (Amendment No. 1) Act, 1925

Date of elections of members of Seanad Eireann.

2.—The Constitution shall be and is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following Article immediately after the Article 32 now contained therein, that is to say:—

“32 A. An election of members of Seanad Eireann under Article 32 of this Constitution may be held at any time not more than three months before nor more than three months after the conclusion of the period of three years mentioned in that Article.

A person who, after the day appointed by law for the completion of the formation of the panel of candidates and before the conclusion of the three years period running on that day, is chosen under Article 34 of this Constitution to fill a vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or disqualification of a member of Seanad Eireann (other than a member about to retire at the conclusion of the said period) shall hold office until the conclusion of the next three years period and shall then retire.”