Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1996.
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SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1996 | ||||||||
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||
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Part I | ||||||||
Part II | ||||||||
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SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1996 | ||||||||
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. [12th December, 1996] | ||||||||
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 40 of the Constitution: | ||||||||
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: | ||||||||
Amendment of Article 40 of the Constitution. |
1.—Article 40 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: | |||||||
(a) the subsection set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Act shall be added to section 4 of the Irish text, | ||||||||
(b) the subsection set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Act shall be added to section 4 of the English text. | ||||||||
Citation. |
2.—(1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution. | |||||||
(2) This Act may be cited as the Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1996. | ||||||||
SCHEDULE | ||||||||
Part I | ||||||||
7° Féadfar socrú a dhéanamh le dlí chun go bhféadfaidh cúirt bannaí a dhiúltú do dhuine atá cúisithe i gcion tromaí sa chás go measfar le réasún é a bheith riachtanach chun an duine sin a chosc ar chion tromaí a dhéanamh. | ||||||||
Part II | ||||||||
7° Provision may be made by law for the refusal of bail by a court to a person charged with a serious offence where it is reasonably considered necessary to prevent the commission of a serious offence by that person. |