Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Act 2019

Type Act

Publication 2019-06-11

State In force

Text As published

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Act to amend the Constitution.

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An Act to amend the Constitution.

[11th June, 2019]

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 41 of the Constitution:

Be it therefore enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

1. Amendment of Article 41 of the Constitution

1. Article 41 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows:

(a) paragraph i of subsection 2° of section 3 of the Irish text shall be repealed;

(b) paragraph i of subsection 2° of section 3 of the English text shall be repealed;

(d) paragraph iii of subsection 2° of section 3 of both texts shall be numbered as paragraph ii;

(e) paragraph iv of subsection 2° of section 3 of both texts shall be numbered as paragraph iii;

(f) the subsection, the text of which is set out in Part 1 of the Schedule, shall be substituted for subsection 3° of section 3 of the Irish text;

(g) the subsection, the text of which is set out in Part 2 of the Schedule, shall be substituted for subsection 3° of section 3 of the English text.

2. Citation

2. (1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution.

(2) This Act may be cited as the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Act 2019.

SCHEDULE

PART 1

3° Féadfar socrú a dhéanamh le dlí chun aitheantas a thabhairt faoi dhlí an Stáit do scaoileadh ar phósadh arna thabhairt faoi dhlí sibhialta stáit eile.

PART 2

3° Provision may be made by law for the recognition under the law of the State of a dissolution of marriage granted under the civil law of another state.

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