duled Treaty
may be made by the Parliament/Oireachtas but every such amendment must be
submitted to a Referendum of the people and shall not be passed unless a
majority of the voters on the register record their votes and either a
majority of the voters on the register or two-thirds of the votes recorded
are in favour of the amendment.

SECTION III.--THE EXECUTIVE.

A.--EXECUTIVE COUNCIL/AIREACHT.

ARTICLE 50.

The Executive Authority of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann is
hereby declared to be vested in the King, and shall be exercisable, in
accordance with the law, practice and constitutional usage governing the
exercise of the executive authority in the case of the Dominion of Canada,
by the Representative of the Crown. There shall be a Council to aid and
advise in the government of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann to be
styled the Executive Council/Aireacht. The Executive Council shall be
responsible to the Chamber/Dail Eireann, and shall consist of not more
than twelve Ministers/Airi appointed by the Representative of the Crown,
of whom four Ministers shall be Members of the Chamber/Dail Eireann and a
number not exceeding eight, chosen from all citizens eligible for election
to the Chamber/Dail Eireann, who shall not be members of
Parliament/Oireachtas during their term of Office, and who, if at the time
of their appointment they are members of Parliament/Oireachtas, shall by
virtue of such appointment vacate their seats; Provided that the
Chamber/Dail Eireann may from time to time on the motion of the President
of the Executive Council determine that a particular Minister or Ministers
not exceeding three, may be members of Parliament/Oireachtas in addition
to the four members of the Chamber/Dail Eireann above mentioned.

ARTICLE 51.

The Ministers who are required to be members of the Chamber/Dail Eireann
shall include the President of the Executive Council/Uachtaran and the
Vice-President of the Executive Council/Tanaist.

The President of the Executive Council shall be the chief of the Executive
Council and shall be appointed on the nomination of the Chamber/Dail, and
the Vice-President of the Executive Council and the other Ministers who
are members of Parliament/Oireachtas shall be appointed on the nomination
of the President of the Executive Council; and he and the Ministers
nominated by him shall retire from office should he fail to be supported
by a majority in the Chamber/Dail, but the