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Updated to 17 April 2024 (Act No. 9 of 2024 and S.I. No. 162 of 2024)

Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act 1922
No. 1 of 1922

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Whole Act 25 October 1922 Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
*Repealed  Constitution of Ireland 1937, Art.48
S. 2 repealed 6/1933, s. 2
First Schedule
Art. 3 amended 12/1935, s. 1
Art. 2A inserted 37/1931, s. 1, schedule
Art. 2A, s. 4(2) amended 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
Art. 3 amended 12/1935, s. 1
Art. 12 amended 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
  18/1936, s. 1(a), (b)
Art. 14 amended 13/1928, s. 1(a), (b)
  8/1928, s. 1
Art. 16 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 17 deleted 6/1933, s. 1(a)
Art. 18 amended 18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
Art. 19 amended 18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
Art. 20 amended 18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
Art. 21 amended 18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
  6/1927, s. 1
Art. 22 amended 18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
Art. 24 amended 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
  18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
Art. 25 amended 18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
Art. 26 amended 17/1936, ss. 2(1), 3
Art. 27 deleted 17/1936, ss. 1, 3
Art. 28 amended 17/1936, ss. 2(2), 3
  5/1927, ss. 1, 2(2)
  4/1927, s. 1
Art. 30 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 31 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 31 amended 30/1928, s. 1
  27/1928, s. 1
Art. 31A inserted 30/1925, s. 1
Art. 31A deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 32 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 32 amended 30/1928, s. 2(a), (b)
  13/1928, s. 2
  3/1928, s. 2
Art. 32A inserted 30/1925, s. 2
Art. 32A deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 32B inserted 30/1928, s. 3
Art. 32B deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 33 substituted 28/1928, s. 1
Art. 33 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 34 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 34 amended 34/1929, s. 1
  30/1928, s. 4
  30/1925, s. 3
Art. 35 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 35, para. 3 substituted 5/1930, s. 1
Art. 37 amended 40/1933, s. 1
Art. 38 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 38 amended 14/1928, s. 1(a)-(c)
Art. 38A inserted 14/1928, s. 2
Art. 38A deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 39 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 39 amended 8/1929, s. 1
Art. 40 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 41 amended 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
  18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
  41/1933, s. 1
Art. 42 amended 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
Art. 47 deleted 8/1928, s. 2
Art. 48 deleted 8/1928, s. 3
Art. 50 amended 18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
  6/1933, s. 3
  10/1929, s. 1
  8/1928, s. 4
Art. 51 amended 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
  13/1927, s. 1
Art. 52 amended 18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
Art. 52 substituted 9/1929, s. 1
Art. 53 amended 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
Art. 55 amended 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
  6/1933, s. 1(b)
Art. 57 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1
Art. 57 amended 9/1929, s. 2
Art. 60 deleted 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
Art. 63 amended 18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
Art. 66 amended 45/1933, s. 1
Art. 68 deleted 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
Art. 68 amended 57/1936, s. 1, schedule
  18/1936, s. 2(2), schedule, part 2
Art. 82 deleted 18/1936, s. 2(1), schedule, part 1

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
None

*The Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act 1922 was enacted by Dáil Éireann sitting as a Constituent Assembly, and was repealed by Article 48 of the Constitution of Ireland 1937. The 1922 Act comprised three sections and two Schedules. The First Schedule comprised the text of the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State, organised into Articles of the 1922 Constitution: except where otherwise stated, references to Articles in the above entries are to Articles of the 1922 Constitution. The Second Schedule comprised the text of the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland of 6 December 1921.