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Amendment history

Change type Date Amendment
omitted 25th Jun, 1938
Below is the latest text of Article 55, as omitted on 25th Jun, 1938.

Article 55.

  1. 1:
    After the coming into operation of this Constitution and until the first assembly of Seanad Éireann, the Oireachtas shall consist of one House only.
  2. 2:
    The House forming the Oireachtas under this Article shall be Dáil Éireann.
  3. 3:
    Until the first President enters upon his office, the Oireachtas shall be complete and capable of functioning notwithstanding that there is no President.
  4. 4:
    Until the first President enters upon his office, bills passed or deemed to have been passed by the House or by both Houses of the Oireachtas shall be signed and promulgated by the Commission hereinafter mentioned instead of by the President.
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