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- Any provision of this Constitution may be
amended, whether by way of variation, addition,
or repeal, in the manner provided by this Article.
- Every proposal for an amendment of this Con-stitution
shall be initiated in Dáil Éireann as a Bill,
and shall upon having been passed or deemed to
have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas,
be submitted by Referendum to the decision of the
people in accordance with the law for the time
being in force relating to the Referendum.
- Every such Bill shall be expressed to be "An Act
to amend the Constitution".
- A Bill containing a proposal or proposals for the
amendment of this Constitution shall not contain
any other proposal.
- A Bill containing a proposal for the amendment of
this Constitution shall be signed by the President
forthwith upon his being satisfied that the
provisions of this Article have been complied with
in respect thereof and that such proposal has been
duly approved by the people in accordance with
the provisions of section 1 of Article 47 of this
Constitution and shall be duly promulgated by the
President as a law.
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