Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Election of Members of Seanad Éireann by Institutions of Higher Education) Act, 1979.
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SEVENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF SEANAD ÉIREANN BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) ACT, 1979 | ||||||||
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||
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SEVENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF SEANAD ÉIREANN BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) ACT, 1979 | ||||||||
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. [3rd August, 1979] | ||||||||
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 18 of the Constitution: | ||||||||
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: | ||||||||
Amendment of Article 18 of the Constitution. |
1.—Article 18 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: | |||||||
(a) the subsections set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Act shall be added to section 4 of the Irish text, | ||||||||
(b) the subsections set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Act shall be added to section 4 of the English text, | ||||||||
(c) section 4 of both texts shall be numbered as section 4 1°. | ||||||||
Citation. |
2.—(1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution. | |||||||
(2) This Act may be cited as the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Election of Members of Seanad Éireann by Institutions of Higher Education) Act, 1979. | ||||||||
SCHEDULE | ||||||||
PART I | ||||||||
2°. Féadfar foráileamh a dhéanamh le dligheadh chun go dtoghfar do réir togh-chórais, agus ar an modh, a socróchar le dligheadh, ag ceann amháin nó níos mó de na forais seo a leanas, eadhon: | ||||||||
i. na hollscoileanna a luaidhtear i bhfo-alt 1° den alt so, | ||||||||
ii. aon fhorais eile árdoideachais sa Stát, | ||||||||
an líon san comhaltaí de Sheanad Éireann a socróchar le dligheadh in ionad líon comhionann de na comhaltaí a bheas le togha do bhun míreanna i agus ii den fho-alt san 1°. | ||||||||
Féadfar comhalta nó comhaltaí de Sheanad Éireann a thogha fán bhfo-alt so ag forais a bheas tiomsuighthe le chéile nó ag foras aonair. | ||||||||
3°. Ní cead aon ní dá bhfuil in san Airteagal so d’agairt chun toirmeasc a chur le hollscoil a luaidhtear i bhfo-alt 1° den alt so a lánscor do réir dlighidh. | ||||||||
PART II | ||||||||
2°. Provision may be made by law for the election, on a franchise and in the manner to be provided by law, by one or more of the following institutions, namely: | ||||||||
i. the universities mentioned in subsection 1° of this section, | ||||||||
ii. any other institutions of higher education in the State, | ||||||||
of so many members of Seanad Éireann as may be fixed by law in substitution for an equal number of the members to be elected pursuant to paragraphs i and ii of the said subsection 1°. | ||||||||
A member or members of Seanad Éireann may be elected under this subsection by institutions grouped together or by a single institution. | ||||||||
3°. Nothing in this Article shall be invoked to prohibit the dissolution by law of a university mentioned in subsection 1° of this section. |