Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2015

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THIRTY-FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (MARRIAGE EQUALITY) ACT 2015

CONTENTS

Section

1. Amendment of Article 41 of the Constitution

2. Citation

SCHEDULE

PART 1

PART 2

THIRTY-FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (MARRIAGE EQUALITY) ACT 2015

An Act to amend the Constitution.

[26 th August, 2015]

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 Article 41 of the Constitution:

Be it therefore enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

Amendment of Article 41 of the Constitution

1. Article 41 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows:

(a) the section, the text of which is set out in Part 1 of the Schedule ,shall be inserted after section 3 of the Irish text;

(b) the section, the text of which is set out in Part 2 of the Schedule , shall be inserted after section 3 of the English text.

Citation

2. (1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution.

(2) This Act may be cited as the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Act 2015.

SCHEDULE

Part 1

4 Féadfaidh beirt, gan beann ar a ngnéas, conradh pósta a dhéanamh de réir dlí.

Part 2

4 Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex.