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Number 5 of 1972 | 
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FIFTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1972 | 
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Number 5 of 1972 | 
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FIFTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1972 | 
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. [5th January, 1973] | 
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WHEREAS by virtue of Article 46 of the Constitution any provision of the Constitution may be amended in the manner provided by that Article: | 
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AND WHEREAS it is proposed to amend Article 44 of the Constitution: | 
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BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: | 
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Amendment of Article 44 of the Constitution. | 
1.—Article 44 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: | 
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(a) subsections 2° and 3° of section 1 of the Irish text shall be deleted, | 
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(b) subsections 2° and 3° of section 1 of the English text shall be deleted, | 
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(c) subsection 1° of section 1 of both texts shall be numbered as section 1. | 
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Citation. | 
2.—(1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. | 
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(2) This Act may be cited as the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972. |