I move:
In Section 1 to delete in line 17 the words "and is hereby amended" and to substitute therefor the words "amended as from the date of the coming into operation of this Act."
This is purely a drafting amendment. As the Bill stands at present it reads: "The Constitution shall be and is hereby amended by the deletion from Article 28 thereof of the words ‘four years' and the insertion in that Article of the words ‘six years.'" Then sub-section (2) of Section 2 provides that "This Act shall come into operation immediately after the dissolution of the Oireachtas occurring next after the passing of this Act." The objection to the wording of Clause 1 is that it practically leaves the Constitution hung up for the interval between the passing of the Bill and the date on which it comes into operation, which is determined by the date of the General Election.