———————— THIRTY-FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (THE PRESIDENT) BILL 2011 ———————— As initiated ———————— ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Amendment of Article 12 of the Constitution. 2. Citation. ————————
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———————— AN BILLE UM AN AONÚ LEASÚ IS TRÍOCHA AR AN mBUNREACHT (AN tUACHTARÁN), 2011 ———————— Mar a tionscnaíodh ———————— ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Leasú ar Airteagal 12 den Bhunreacht. 2. Lua. ————————
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———————— THIRTY-FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (THE PRESIDENT) BILL 2011 ————————
BILL entitled AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION.
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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: AND WHEREAS it is proposed to amend Article 12 of the Constitution: 10 BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: Amendment of Article 12 of the Constitution.
1.—Article 12 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: (a) (i) “agus de réir na hionadaíochta cionúire agus” shall be deleted in subsection 3° of section 2 of the Irish text, 15 (ii) “and on the system of proportional representation” shall be deleted in subsection 3° of section 2 of the English text, (b) (i) “cúig bliana” shall be substituted for “seacht mbliana” in subsection 1° of section 3 of the Irish text, 20 (ii) “five” shall be substituted for “seven” in subsection 1° of section 3 of the English text, (c) (i) “ocht mbliana déag” shall be substituted for “cúig bliana tríochad” in subsection 1° of section 4 of the Irish text, 25 (ii) “the age of eighteen years” shall be substituted for “his thirty-fifth year of age” in subsection 1° of section 4 of the English text, (d) (i) “deichniúr” shall be substituted for “fiche duine” in subsection 2°(i) of section 4 of the Irish text, 30 (ii) “ten” shall be substituted for “twenty” in subsection 2°(i) of section 4 of the English text, 4
———————— AN BILLE UM AN AONÚ LEASÚ IS TRÍOCHA AR AN mBUNREACHT (AN tUACHTARÁN), 2011 ————————
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ACHT CHUN AN BUNREACHT A LEASÚ. DE BHRÍ gur cead, de bhua Airteagal 46 den Bhunreacht, aon fhoráil den Bhunreacht a leasú ar an modh a shocraítear leis an Airteagal sin:
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AGUS DE BHRÍ go bhfuil beartaithe Airteagal 12 den Bhunreacht a leasú: ACHTAÍTEAR AG AN OIREACHTAS AR AN ÁBHAR SIN MAR A LEANAS: 1.—Leasaítear leis seo mar a leanas Airteagal 12 den Bhunreacht:
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(a) (i) scriosfar “agus de réir na hionadaíochta cionúire agus” i bhfo-alt 3° d’alt 2 den téacs Gaeilge, (ii) scriosfar “and on the system of proportional representation” i bhfo-alt 3° d’alt 2 den téacs SacsBhéarla,
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(b) (i) cuirfear “cúig bliana” in ionad “seacht mbliana” i bhfo-alt 1° d’alt 3 den téacs Gaeilge, (ii) cuirfear “five” in ionad “seven” i bhfo-alt 1° d’alt 3 den téacs Sacs-Bhéarla, (c) (i) cuirfear “ocht mbliana déag” in ionad “cúig bliana tríochad” i bhfo-alt 1° d’alt 4 den téacs Gaeilge,
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(ii) cuirfear “the age of eighteen years” in ionad “his thirty-fifth year of age” i bhfo-alt 1° d’alt 4 den téacs Sacs-Bhéarla, (d) (i) cuirfear “deichniúr” in ionad “fiche duine” i bhfo-alt 2°(i) d’alt 4 den téacs Gaeilge,
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(ii) cuirfear “ten” in ionad “twenty” i bhfo-alt 2°(i) d’alt 4 den téacs Sacs-Bhéarla, 5
Leasú ar Airteagal 12 den Bhunreacht.
(e) (i) after subsection 2°(ii) of section 4 of the Irish text, to insert the following subsection entitled subsection 2°(iii): “iii. deich míle saoránach ar a laghad agus gach duine faoi leith díobh sin i dteideal, de thuras na huaire, vótáil i dtoghchán a dhéantar faoin Airteagal seo, agus is ar mhodh a fhorordófar le dlí a dhéanfar an t-ainmniú sin.”,
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(ii) after subsection 2°(ii) of section 4 of the English text, 10 to insert the following subsection entitled subsection 2°(iii): “iii. not less than ten thousand citizens, each of whom is entitled for the time being to vote in an election held under this Article, such 15 nomination to be made in a manner prescribed by law.”, (f) (i) “eile ná aon phost eile a bheith aige atá ar neamhréir le hoifig an Uachtaráin” shall be substituted for “post sochair a bheith aige seachas a oifig Uachta- 20 ráin” in subsection 3°(i) of section 6 of the Irish text, (ii) “or any other position inconsistent with the office of President” shall be substituted for “or position of emolument” in subsection 3°(i) of section 6 of the English text, 25 (g) (i) “, ar féidir leis an Uachtarán na tagairtí creidimh a fhágáil ar lár as,” shall be inserted after the words “an dearbhú seo a leanas” in subsection 8 of the Irish text, (ii) “from which the President may omit the religious ref- 30 erences” shall be inserted after the word “declaration” in subsection 8 of the English text. Citation.
2.—(1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution. (2) This Act may be cited as the Thirty-First Amendment of the 35 Constitution (The President) Act 2011.
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(e) (i) i ndiaidh fho-alt 2°(ii) d’alt 4 den téacs Gaeilge, an fo-alt seo a leanas dar teideal fo-alt 2°(iii) a chur isteach: 5
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“iii. deich míle saoránach ar a laghad agus gach duine faoi leith díobh sin i dteideal, de thuras na huaire, vótáil i dtoghchán a dhéantar faoin Airteagal seo, agus is ar mhodh a fhorordófar le dlí a dhéanfar an t-ainmniú sin.”, (ii) i ndiaidh fho-alt 2°(ii) d’alt 4 den téacs Sacs-Bhéarla, an fo-alt seo a leanas dar teideal fo-alt 2°(iii) a chur isteach: “iii. not less than ten thousand citizens, each of whom is entitled for the time being to vote in an election held under this Article, such nomination to be made in a manner prescribed by law.”, (f) (i) cuirfear “eile ná aon phost eile a bheith aige atá ar neamhréir le hoifig an Uachtaráin” in ionad “post sochair a bheith aige seachas a oifig Uachtaráin” i bhfo-alt 3°(i) d’alt 6 den téacs Gaeilge, (ii) cuirfear “or any other position inconsistent with the office of President” in ionad “or position of emolument” i bhfo-alt 3°(i) d’alt 6 den téacs SacsBhéarla, (g) (i) cuirfear “, ar féidir leis an Uachtarán na tagairtí creidimh a fhágáil ar lár as,” isteach i ndiaidh na bhfocal “an dearbhú seo a leanas” i bhfo-alt 8 den téacs Gaeilge,
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(ii) cuirfear “from which the President may omit the religious references” isteach i ndiaidh an fhocail “declaration” i bhfo-alt 8 den téacs Sacs-Bhéarla. 2.—(1) An tAonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht a thabharfar ar an leasú a dhéantar ar an mBunreacht leis an Acht seo.
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(2) Féadfar an tAcht um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán), 2011 a ghairm den Acht seo.
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Lua.