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Number 4 of 1972


FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1972


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

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Amendment of Article 16 of the Constitution.

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Citation.

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Number 4 of 1972


FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1972


AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. [5th January, 1973]

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 16 of the Constitution:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Amendment of Article 16 of the Constitution.

1. —Article 16 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows:—

(a) “ocht mbliadhna déag” shall be substituted for “bliadhain agus fiche” in subsection 2° of section 1 of the Irish text,

(b) “eighteen years” shall be substituted for “twenty-one years” in subsection 2° of section 1 of the English text.

Citation.

2. —(1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.

(2) This Act may be cited as the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972.