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THIRTY-SEVENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (REPEAL OF OFFENCE OF PUBLICATION OR UTTERANCE OF BLASPHEMOUS MATTER) ACT 2018
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CONTENTS
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Section
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1. Amendment of Article 40 of the Constitution
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2. Citation
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THIRTY-SEVENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (REPEAL OF OFFENCE OF PUBLICATION OR UTTERANCE OF BLASPHEMOUS MATTER) ACT 2018
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An Act to amend the Constitution.
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[27th November, 2018]
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WHEREAS by virtue of Article 46 of the Constitution any provision of the Constitution may be amended in the manner provided by that Article:
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AND WHEREAS it is proposed to amend Article 40 of the Constitution:
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Be it therefore enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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Amendment of Article 40 of the Constitution
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1. Article 40 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows:
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(a) “ceannairceach” shall be substituted for “diamhaslach nó ceannairceach” in paragraph i of subsection 1° of section 6 of the Irish text;
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(b) “seditious” shall be substituted for “blasphemous, seditious,” in paragraph i of subsection 1° of section 6 of the English text.
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Citation
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2. (1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution.
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(2) This Act may be cited as the Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Act 2018.
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