Constitution (Amendment No. 15) Act, 1929
What is this act about?
This 1929 Act amends the Constitution so that members of the Executive Council must be members of Dáil Eireann, except that one may be a member of Seanad Eireann, with consequential provision on Ministers' right of attendance and audience.
Who it applies to: Members of the Executive Council and Ministers; Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann.
At a glance
- Country
- Ireland
- Area of law
- Constitutional law and human rights
- Articles
- 3
- Source
- irishstatutebook.ie
- Text retrieved
- Explanation updated
What does this act regulate?
- The membership requirements of the Executive Council and Ministers' attendance in the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Who does this act apply to?
- Members of the Executive Council and Ministers.
- Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann.
What are the key points?
- Article 52 is replaced: the Executive Council must include the President, Vice-President and the Minister for Finance, and its members must be members of Dáil Eireann, save that one other member may be a member of Seanad Eireann.
- Article 57 is amended by inserting "and in Dáil Eireann" after "Seanad Eireann."
- The Act came into effect on 14th May, 1929.
Constitutional law and human rights
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CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT No. 15) ACT, 1929.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section
Section 1
Amendment of Article 52 of the Constitution.
Section 2
Amendment of Article 57 of the Constitution.
Section 3
Short title.
Number 9 of 1929.
CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT No. 15) ACT, 1929.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 52 OF THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRING THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHALL ALL BE MEMBERS OF DAIL EIREANN BY PROVIDING THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHALL BE MEMBERS OF DAIL EIREANN SAVE THAT ONE MAY BE A MEMBER OF SEANAD EIREANN AND BY MAKING CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISION IN THE CONSTITUTION AS TO THE RIGHT OF ATTENDANCE AND AUDIENCE OF MINISTERS AT AND IN THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS. [14th May, 1929.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— Amendment of Article 52 of the Constitution.
1.—The Constitution shall be and is hereby amended by the deletion of Article 52 now contained therein and the insertion in lieu of the said Article 52 of the following Article, that is to say:— “52. The Ministers who form the Executive Council shall include the President of the Council, the Vice-President of the Council, and the Minister in charge of the Department of Finance. The President of the Council, the Vice-President of the Council, the Minister in charge of the Department of Finance, and the other members of the Executive Council shall be members of Dáil Eireann, save that one of such other members may be a member of Seanad Eireann.”
Amendment of Article 57 of the Constitution.
2.—Article 57 of the Constitution shall be and is hereby amended by the insertion in the said Article after the words “Seanad Eireann” now contained therein of the words “and in Dáil Eireann.”
Short title.
3.—This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment No. 15) Act, 1929.
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