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Amendment history

Date Am. Type
30th May, 1941 am. 2 modified
The latest text of Article 25, as amended on 30th May, 1941 by the 2nd Amendment.

Article 25.

  1. 1:
    As soon as any Bill, other than a Bill expressed to be a Bill containing a proposal for the amendment of this Constitution, shall have been passed or deemed to have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, the Taoiseach shall present it to the President for his signature and for promulgation by him as a law in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
  2. 2:
    1. 1°:
      Save as otherwise provided by this Constitution, every Bill so presented to the President for his signature and for promulgation by him as a law shall be signed by the President not earlier than the fifth and not later than seven daysthe seventh day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.
    2. 2°:
      At the request of the Government, with the prior concurrence of Seanad Éireann, the President may sign any Bill the subject of such request on a date which is earlier than five daysthe fifth day after such date as aforesaid.
  3. 3:
    Every Bill the time for the consideration of which by Seanad Éireann shall have been abridged under Article 24 of this Constitution shall be signed by the President on the day on which such Bill is presented to him for signature and promulgation as a law.
  4. 4:
    1. 1°:
      Every Bill shall become and be law as on and from the day on which it is signed by the President under this Constitution, and shall, unless the contrary intention appears, come into operation on that day.
    2. 2°:
      Every Bill signed by the President under this Constitution shall be promulgated by him as a law by the publication by his direction of a notice in the Iris Oifigiúil stating that the Bill has become law.
    3. 3°:
      Every Bill shall be signed by the President in the text in which it was passed or deemed to have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, and if a Bill is so passed or deemed to have been passed in both the official languages, the President shall sign the text of the Bill in each of those languages.
    4. 4°:
      Where the President signs the text of a Bill in one only of the official languages, an official translation shall be issued in the other official language.
    5. 5°:
      As soon as may be after the signature and promulgation of a Bill as a law, the text of such law which was signed by the President or, where the President has signed the text of such law in each of the official languages, both the signed texts shall be enrolled for record in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and the text, or both the texts, so enrolled shall be conclusive evidence of the provisions of such law.
    6. 6°:
      In case of conflict between the texts of a law enrolled under this section in both the official languages, the text in the national language shall prevail.
  5. 5:
    1. 1°:
      It shall be lawful for the Taoiseach, from time to time as occasion appears to him to require, to cause to be prepared under his supervision a text (in both the official languages) of this Constitution as then in force embodying all amendments theretofore made therein.
    2. 2°:
      A copy of every text so prepared, when authenticated by the signatures of the Taoiseach and the Chief Justice, shall be signed by the President and shall be enrolled for record in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
    3. 3°:
      The copy so signed and enrolled which is for the time being the latest text so prepared shall, upon such enrolment, be conclusive evidence of this Constitution as at the date of such enrolment and shall for that purpose supersede all texts of this Constitution of which copies were previously so enrolled.
    4. 4°:
      In case of conflict between the texts of any copy of this Constitution enrolled under this section, the text in the national language shall prevail.
The text of Article 25 after enacting the Second Amendment (30th May, 1941)

Article 25.

…
  1. 1:
    As soon as any Bill, other than a Bill expressed to be a Bill containing a proposal for the amendment of this Constitution, shall have been passed or deemed to have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, the Taoiseach shall present it to the President for his signature and for promulgation by him as a law in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
  2. 2:
    1. 1°:
      TEXT
      replace "five" with "the fifth"
      TEXT
      replace "seven days" with "the seventh day"
      Save as otherwise provided by this Constitution, every Bill so presented to the President for his signature and for promulgation by him as a law shall be signed by the President not earlier than the fifth and not later than seven daysthe seventh day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.
    2. 2°:
      TEXT
      replace "five days" with "the fifth day"
      At the request of the Government, with the prior concurrence of Seanad Éireann, the President may sign any Bill the subject of such request on a date which is earlier than five daysthe fifth day after such date as aforesaid.
  3. 3:
    Every Bill the time for the consideration of which by Seanad Éireann shall have been abridged under Article 24 of this Constitution shall be signed by the President on the day on which such Bill is presented to him for signature and promulgation as a law.
  4. 4:
    1. 1°:
      Every Bill shall become and be law as on and from the day on which it is signed by the President under this Constitution, and shall, unless the contrary intention appears, come into operation on that day.
    2. 2°:
      Every Bill signed by the President under this Constitution shall be promulgated by him as a law by the publication by his direction of a notice in the Iris Oifigiúil stating that the Bill has become law.
    3. 3°:
      Every Bill shall be signed by the President in the text in which it was passed or deemed to have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, and if a Bill is so passed or deemed to have been passed in both the official languages, the President shall sign the text of the Bill in each of those languages.
    4. 4°:
      Where the President signs the text of a Bill in one only of the official languages, an official translation shall be issued in the other official language.
    5. 5°:
      As soon as may be after the signature and promulgation of a Bill as a law, the text of such law which was signed by the President or, where the President has signed the text of such law in each of the official languages, both the signed texts shall be enrolled for record in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and the text, or both the texts, so enrolled shall be conclusive evidence of the provisions of such law.
    6. 6°:
      In case of conflict between the texts of a law enrolled under this section in both the official languages, the text in the national language shall prevail.
  5. 5:
    1. 1°:
      It shall be lawful for the Taoiseach, from time to time as occasion appears to him to require, to cause to be prepared under his supervision a text (in both the official languages) of this Constitution as then in force embodying all amendments theretofore made therein.
    2. 2°:
      A copy of every text so prepared, when authenticated by the signatures of the Taoiseach and the Chief Justice, shall be signed by the President and shall be enrolled for record in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
    3. 3°:
      The copy so signed and enrolled which is for the time being the latest text so prepared shall, upon such enrolment, be conclusive evidence of this Constitution as at the date of such enrolment and shall for that purpose supersede all texts of this Constitution of which copies were previously so enrolled.
    4. 4°:
      In case of conflict between the texts of any copy of this Constitution enrolled under this section, the text in the national language shall prevail.
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