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Acts Of The Oireachtas
This is a list of Acts of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) for the years 1922 to present. ;Notes In the lists below, unless otherwise stated, all Acts are public Acts. Prior to 2003, the short title of legislation included a comma before the year, i.e., ''Appropriation Act, 1922''. This is omitted in accordance with the Interpretation Act 2005. 1922–1929 1922 *No. 1/1922 – Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) Act 1922 :''An Act of the Irish Constituent Assembly as the Oireachtas did not yet exist.'' *No. 2/1922 – Adaptation of Enactments Act 1922 *No. 3/1922 – Appropriation Act 1922 *No. 4/1922 – Local Elections Postponement Act 1922 *No. 5/1922 – Expiring Laws Continuance Act 1922 1923 *No. 1/1923 – Comptroller and Auditor-General Act 1923 *No. 2/1923 – Indemnity (British Military) Act 1923 *No. 3/1923 – Statutory Undertakings (Continuance of Charges) Act 1923 *No. 4/1923 – Enforcement of Law (Occasional Powers) Act 1923 *No. 5/192 ...
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Act Of Parliament
Acts of Parliament, sometimes referred to as primary legislation, are texts of law passed by the Legislature, legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council). In most countries with a parliamentary system of government, acts of parliament begin as a Bill (law), bill, which the legislature votes on. Depending on the structure of government, this text may then be subject to assent or approval from the Executive (government), executive branch. Bills A draft act of parliament is known as a Bill (proposed law), bill. In other words, a bill is a proposed law that needs to be discussed in the parliament before it can become a law. In territories with a Westminster system, most bills that have any possibility of becoming law are introduced into parliament by the government. This will usually happen following the publication of a "white paper", setting out the issues and the way in which the proposed new law is intended to deal with them. A bill may also be introduced in ...
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Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act 1937
The Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act, 1937 was an Act of the Oireachtas which retrospectively completed the abolition of the Governor-General of the Irish Free State. In December 1936, then President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State Éamon de Valera had ensured the passage of the Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act, intended to abolish the office of governor-general. However he was advised by his Attorney-General, James Geoghegan, the Secretary to the Executive Council, Maurice Moynihan and Mr Matheson of the Parliamentary Draftsman's office that that Act did not actually abolish the office. They informed de Valera that removing the governor-generalship from the Irish Free State Constitution in itself did not abolish the office, as the office had an existence independent to the constitution in a number of sources, namely * Letters Patent from the King constructing and regulating the office * Orders in Council * Statutory Instruments * Statute la ...
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Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961 (No. 19) was a law in Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies. The new constituencies were first used at the 1961 general election to the 17th Dáil held on 4 October 1961. This Act replaced the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, which had defined constituencies since the 1948 general election. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1959 had been struck out in 1961 by the High Court as being repugnant to the Constitution of Ireland because of excessive malapportionment and never came into effect. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961 relied instead on manipulating district size. Where Fianna Fáil had less than 50% support, four-seat constituencies were used, so that Fianna Fáil would win two of four seats; where it had more than 50% support, three- or five-seat constituencies would give it two of three, or three of five. It also reduced the number of seats in the Dáil by 3 from 147 to 144. Before signing the bill, president Éamon de Valera conven ...
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Electoral (Amendment) Act 1959
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1959 (No. 33) was a law in Ireland which sought to revise Dáil constituencies. It was found to be repugnant to the Constitution and never came into effect. It was challenged by John O'Donovan, a Fine Gael senator and former TD. In ''O'Donovan v. Attorney-General'' (1961), the High Court held that the Act was unconstitutional and suggested that the ratio of representation to population across constituencies should differ by no more than 5%. The court, interpreting the "so far as it is practicable" condition of the Constitution, suggested a 5% variation as the limit without exceptional circumstances. It was formally repealed by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961. See also *Elections in the Republic of Ireland In Ireland, direct elections by universal suffrage are used for the President, the ceremonial head of state; for Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas or parliament; for the European Parliament; and for local gove ...
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Irish Nationality And Citizenship Act 1956
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish ...
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Irish Fisheries Law
Irish fisheries law is the fisheries law of Ireland. It relates to Irish fisheries. Republic of Ireland Acts of the Oireachtas include the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1962, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1964, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1976, the Fisheries Act 1980, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1987,For commentary on this Act, see the relevant volume of Irish Current Law Statutes Annotated. the Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1987, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1991, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1994, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1995, the Fisheries (Commissions) Act 1997, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, the Fisheries and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1998, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1999, the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2001, and the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003. As to inland fisheries, see the Inland Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2017, which include, amongst other Acts, the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 and the Inland Fisheries (Amendment) A ...
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The Republic Of Ireland Act 1948
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 (No. 22 of 1948) is an Act of the Oireachtas which declared that the description of Ireland was to be the Republic of Ireland, and vested in the president of Ireland the power to exercise the executive authority of the state in its external relations, on the advice of the Government of Ireland. The Act was signed into law on 21 December 1948 and came into force on 18 April 1949, Easter Monday, the 33rd anniversary of the beginning of the Easter Rising. The Act ended the remaining statutory role of the British monarchy in relation to Ireland, by repealing the 1936 External Relations Act, which had vested in George VI, in his capacity as a symbol of the cooperation of the nations that were members of the Commonwealth with which Ireland associated itself, and his successors those functions which the Act now transferred to the President. Text of Act The Republic of Ireland Act consists of five brief sections, set out in full as follows: British ...
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Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 (No. 31) was a law in Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies. The new constituencies were first used for the 13th Dáil, elected at the 1948 general election on 4 February 1948. This Act repealed the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, which defined the constituencies since the 1937 general election. It also increased the number of seats in the Dáil by 9 from 138 to 147. It was used at the 1951, 1954 and 1957 general elections. The 1947 revision was repealed by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, which created a new schedule of constituencies first used at the 1961 general election for the 17th Dáil. Background In 1947 the rapid rise of new party Clann na Poblachta threatened the position of the governing party Fianna Fáil. The government of Éamon de Valera introduced the Act, which increased the size of the Dáil from 138 to 147 and increased the number of three-seat constituencies from fifteen to twenty-two. The ...
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Sinn Féin Funds Act 1947
In the philosophy of language, the distinction between sense and reference was an idea of the German philosopher and mathematician Gottlob Frege in 1892 (in his paper "On Sense and Reference"; German: "Über Sinn und Bedeutung"), reflecting the two ways he believed a singular term may have meaning. The reference (or "referent"; ''Bedeutung'') of a ''proper name'' is the object it means or indicates (''bedeuten''), whereas its sense (''Sinn'') is what the name expresses. The reference of a ''sentence'' is its truth value, whereas its sense is the thought that it expresses."On Sense and Reference" Über Sinn und Bedeutung" ''Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik'', vol. 100 (1892), pp. 25–50, esp. p. 31. Frege justified the distinction in a number of ways. #Sense is something possessed by a name, whether or not it has a reference. For example, the name " Odysseus" is intelligible, and therefore has a sense, even though there is no individual object (its referen ...
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Second Amendment Of The Constitution Of Ireland
The Second Amendment of the Constitution Act 1941 (previously bill no. 40 of 1941) is an amendment of the Constitution of Ireland that was in the form of omnibus legislation affecting a variety of articles on a range of subject matters. It was signed into law on 30 May 1941. Background The most important changes introduced by the amendment included restrictions on the right to ''habeas corpus'', an extension of the right of the government to declare a state of emergency, changes to provisions on the reference of bills to the Supreme Court by the President and various changes that were needed to bring the official Irish text of the constitution into line with the English text. An unusual aspect of the Second Amendment was that it introduced a change to Article 56 of the Transitory Provisions even though that article was no longer a part of the official published text of the constitution. The Second Amendment was not submitted to a referendum. Under Article 51 of the Transitor ...
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First Amendment Of The Constitution Of Ireland
The First Amendment of the Constitution Act 1939 amended the Constitution of Ireland to extend the constitutional definition of "time of war" to include a period during which a war occurs without the state itself being a direct participant. It was introduced and signed into law on 2 September 1939, the day after the Invasion of Poland by Germany and allowed the government to exercise emergency powers during World War II (known in Ireland as The Emergency) although the state was neutral. Background Article 28.3.3° of the Constitution grants the state sweeping powers during a state of emergency, but in the form in which the article was adopted in 1937, they could be invoked only during a "time of war or armed rebellion". The First Amendment specified that "time of war" could include an armed conflict in which the state was not actually taking part. The amendment was introduced by the Fianna Fáil government of Éamon de Valera on 2 September 1939, and passed swiftly through bo ...
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Emergency Powers Act 1939
The Emergency Powers Act 1939 (EPA) was an Act of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) enacted on 3 September 1939, after an official state of emergency had been declared on 2 September 1939 in response to the outbreak of the Second World War. The Act empowered the government to: The EPA lapsed on 2 September 1946. The state of emergency itself was not rescinded until 1 September 1976. Enactment As enacted in 1937, The Constitution of Ireland stated (Article 28.3.3°): The Constitution also provided that, during a "war or armed rebellion", military tribunals may try civilians, and the Defence Forces are not bound by ''habeas corpus''. The Anglo-Irish Trade Agreement of 25 April 1938 was motivated in part by a desire by both countries to remove the distractions of the Anglo-Irish Trade War to preparations for an expected European war. After the agreement the British government shared details of the emergency laws it was preparing. The Sudetenland crisis prompted the adapting of ...
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