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Constitution (Amendment No. 11) Act, 1929

1929 34

No. 34/1929:

CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT No. 11) ACT, 1929


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Amendment of Article 34 of the Constitution.

2 Short title.


AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION BY DELETING THE PROVISIONS NOW CONTAINED THEREIN AS TO THE MANNER OF FILLING THE PLACE OF A MEMBER OF SEANAD EIREANN WHO DIES, RESIGNS OR BECOMES DISQUALIFIED AND BY PROVIDING IN LIEU THEREOF THAT THE PLACE OF SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE FILLED BY AN ELECTION AT WHICH THE ELECTORS SHALL BE THE MEMBERS OF DÁIL EIREANN AND THE MEMBERS OF SEANAD EIREANN VOTING TOGETHER AND BY MAKING CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AS TO THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES AND THE MODE OF VOTING AT SUCH ELECTIONS.

[17th December, 1929.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

Amendment of Article 34 of the Constitution.

1.—Article 34 of the Constitution shall be and is hereby amended by the deletion of the words "by a vote of Seanad Eireann" now contained therein and the insertion in lieu of the words so deleted of the words "by an election at which the candidates shall be nominated in such manner in all respects as shall be prescribed by law and at which the electors shall be the members of Dáil Eireann and the members of Seanad Eireann voting together. The voting at such elections shall be by secret ballot and no elector may exercise more than one vote thereat. The place and conduct of such elections shall be regulated by law."

Short title.

2.—This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment No. 11) Act, 1929 .




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