hed the age of twenty-one years and who comply with
the provisions of the prevailing electoral laws, shall have the right to
vote for members of the Chamber of Deputies/Dail Eireann, and to take part
in the Referendum or Initiative. All citizens of the Irish Free
State/Saorstat Eireann without distinction of sex who have reached the age
of thirty years and who comply with the provisions of the prevailing
electoral laws, shall have the right to vote for members of the
Senate/Seanad Eireann. No voter may exercise more than one vote and the
voting shall be by secret ballot. The mode and place of exercising this
right shall be determined by law.

ARTICLE 15.

Every citizen who has reached the age of twenty-one years and who is not
placed under disability or incapacity by the Constitution or by law shall
be eligible to become a member of the Chamber of Deputies/Dail Eireann.

ARTICLE 16.

No person may be at the same time a member both of the Chamber/Dail
Eireann and of the Senate/Seanad Eireann.

ARTICLE 17.

The oath to be taken by Members of Parliament/Oireachtas shall be in the
following form:--

I ........................ do solemnly swear true faith and
allegiance to the Constitution of the Irish Free State as by law
established, and that I will be faithful to H.M. King George V., his
heirs and successors by law in virtue of the common citizenship of
Ireland with Great Britain and her adherence to and membership of the
group of nations forming the British Commonwealth of Nations.

Such oath shall be taken and subscribed by every member of the
Parliament/Oireachtas before taking his seat therein before the
Representative of the Crown or some person authorised by him.

ARTICLE 18.

Every member of the Parliament/Oireachtas shall, except in case of
treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest in
going to and returning from, and while within the precincts of either
House, and shall not be amenable to any action or proceeding at law in
respect of any utterance in either House.

ARTICLE 19.

All reports and publications of the Parliament/Oireachtas or of either
House thereof shall be privileged and utterances made in either House
wherever published shall be privileged.

ARTICLE 20.

Each House shall make its own rules and Standing Orders, with power to
attach penalties for their infringement and shall have power to ensure
freedom of debate, to protect its