Constitution (Amendment No. 10) Act 1928

The Constitution (Amendment No. 10) Act, 1928 was an Act amending the Constitution of the Irish Free State, abolishing virtually all provisions for direct democracy in the constitution.[1]

It repealed art. 47 of the constitution which allowed for reference of Bills to referendum following a petition of one-twentieth of the electorate. It also repealed art. 48 which allowed proposals for legislation or constitutional amendment to be commenced by petition.[2] The Act was a response to attempts by the anti-Treaty Fianna Fáil opposition to use the direct democracy provisions to unravel the Treaty settlement.[3]

The Act became obsolete on the repeal of the 1922 Constitution in 1937, and has formally been repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Constitution (Amendment No. 10) Act, 1928". irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  2. ↑ "Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) Act, 1922". irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  3. ↑ John O'Toole; Sean Dooney (2009-07-24). Irish Government Today. Books.google.ie. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  4. ↑ "Statute Law Revision Bill 2016" (PDF). Oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 2017-01-02.


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