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BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANNCONSTITUTION OF IRELAND Enacted by the People 1st July, 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In operation as from 29th December, 1937
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This text of the Constitution is a copy of the text
enrolled on 27 May, 1999 pursuant to Article 25.5.2° except that:
the Transitory Provisions (Articles 51-63) are omitted as required by their terms; the Irish text has been altered so as to make it conform to modern standardized Irish; the twentieth amendment, enacted subsequent to enrolment, is incorporated; the new Articles 2 and 3 and the new section 8 in Article 29 are inserted pursuant to the provisions of the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1998; the twenty-first, twenty-third and twenty-sixth amendments, enacted subsequent to enrolment have now been incorporated. Amendments effected since the Constitution was enacted in 1937 up to the time of printing of this edition (November 2002) are listed below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AMENDING ACTS , SHORT TITLE, DATES OF SIGNATURE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1939 [Extended to conflicts in which the State is not a participant the provision for a state of emergency to secure the public safety and preservation of the State in time of war or armed rebellion.] 2 September, 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Second Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1941 [An omnibus proposal, covering a range of disparate Articles, aimed at tidying up the Constitution in the light of experience since its enactment.] 30 May, 1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972 [Allowed the State to become a member of the European Communities.] 8 June, 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972 [Reduced the minimum voting age at Dáil and Presidential elections and referendums from 21 years to 18 years.] 5 January, 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972 [Removed from the Constitution the special position of the Catholic Church and the recognition of other named religious denominations.] 5 January, 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sixth Amendment of the Constitution (Adoption) Act, 1979 [Ensured that adoption orders made by the Adoption Board could not be declared invalid because they were not made by a court.] 3 August, 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Election of Members of Seanad Éireann by Institutions of Higher Education) Act, 1979 [Provided for the election of members of Seanad Éireann by universities and other institutions of higher education.] 3 August, 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1983 [Acknowledged the right to life of the unborn, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother.] 7 October, 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ninth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1984 [Extended the right to vote at Dáil elections to certain non-Irish nationals.] 2 August, 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1987 [Allowed the State to ratify the Single European Act.] 22 June, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2001 [Prohibition of death penalty and removal of references to death penalty]
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27 March, 2002 |
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There is no Twenty–second Amendment of the Constitution. The Twenty–second Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 [relating to the removal of a judge from office and providing for a body to be established by law to investigate or cause to be investigated conduct constituting misbehaviour by a judge or affected by incapacity of a judge] was not passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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Twenty–third Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2001 [Allowing the State to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court].
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27 March, 2002 |
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There is no Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution . On 7 June, 2001, three proposals were put to the people, the Twenty-first, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Amendments. The people rejected the Twenty-fourth (which dealt with the Treaty of Nice) and approved the Twenty-first and Twenty-third (above). |
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There is no Twenty-fifth Amendment. On 6 March, 2002, a proposal for the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution was put to the people and was rejected [Protection of Pregnancy in Human Life]. |
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Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2002. [Allowed the State to ratify the Treaty of Nice]. |
7 November, 2002 |
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CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We, the people of Éire, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Humbly acknowledging all our obligations to our Divine Lord, Jesus Christ, Who sustained our fathers through centuries of trial, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gratefully remembering their heroic and unremitting struggle to regain the rightful independence of our Nation, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
And seeking to promote the common good, with due observance of Prudence, Justice and Charity, so that the dignity and freedom of the individual may be assured, true social order attained, the unity of our country restored, and concord established with other nations, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Do hereby adopt, enact, and give to ourselves this
Constitution.
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