WHEREAS by virtue of Article 46 of the Constitution any provision of the Constitution may be amended in the manner provided by that Article:
AND WHEREAS it is proposed to amend Article 41 of the Constitution:
Be it therefore enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Amendment of Article 41 of the Constitution
1. Article 41 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows:
(a) the section, the text of which is set out in Part 1 of the Schedule ,shall be inserted after section 3 of the Irish text;
(b) the section, the text of which is set out in Part 2 of the Schedule , shall be inserted after section 3 of the English text.
2. (1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution.
(2) This Act may be cited as the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Act 2015.
4 Féadfaidh beirt, gan beann ar a ngnéas, conradh pósta a dhéanamh de réir dlí.
4 Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex.
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