Constitution (Amendment No. 1) Act, 1925
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No. 30/1925: CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT No. 1) ACT, 1925 |
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS |
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1 Commencement of term of office of members of Seanad Eireann. |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION BY FIXING THE DATE FROM WHICH THE DURATION OF THE TERM OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF SEANAD ÉIREANN IS TO BE RECKONED, DECLARING THE LIMITS OF TIME WITHIN WHICH THE TRIENNIAL ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF SEANAD ÉIREANN MAY BE HELD, AND MAKING A CONSEQUENTIAL ALTERATION IN RELATION TO THE TERM OF OFFICE OF PERSONS CHOSEN IN CERTAIN CASES TO FILL CASUAL VACANCIES AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF SEANAD ÉIREANN, AND MAKING AN ALTERATION IN THE VACANCIES WHICH THE SIXTEENTH AND SUBSEQUENTLY ELECTED MEMBERS SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE FILLED AT EACH TRIENNIAL ELECTION. |
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[11th July, 1925.] |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT ÉIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— |
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| Commencement of term of office of members of Seanad Eireann. |
1.—The Constitution shall be and is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following Article immediately after the Article 31 now contained therein, that is to say:— |
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"31 A. The duration of the term of office of a member of the first Seanad Éireann shall be reckoned from, the beginning of the day on which this Constitution comes into operation, and the duration of the term of office of a member of Seanad Éireann elected under Article 32 of this Constitution shall be reckoned from the beginning of the appropriate triennial anniversary of that day." |
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| Date of elections of members of Seanad Eireann. |
2.—The Constitution shall be and is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following Article immediately after the Article 32 now contained therein, that is to say:— |
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"32 A. An election of members of Seanad Éireann under Article 32 of this Constitution may be held at any time not more than three months before nor more than three months after the conclusion of the period of three years mentioned in that Article. |
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A person who, after the day appointed by law for the completion of the formation of the panel of candidates and before the conclusion of the three years period running on that day, is chosen under Article 34 of this Constitution to fill a vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or disqualification of a member of Seanad Éireann (other than a member about to retire at the conclusion of the said period) shall hold office until the conclusion of the next three years period and shall then retire." |
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| Amendment of Article 34 of the Constitution. |
3.—The Constitution shall be and is hereby amended by the deletion at the end of Article 34 of the words "Provided that the sixteenth member shall be deemed to have filled the vacancy first created in order of time and so on" and the substitution therefor of the words, "Provided that the sixteenth member shall be deemed to have filled the vacancy created by the death or withdrawal of the Senator, or one of the Senators, the unexpired period of whose term of office was greatest at the time of the election and so on." |
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| Short title. |
4.—This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment No. 1) Act, 1925 . |
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