England's Case Against Home RuleDicey, A. V. (Albert Venn)
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England's Case Against Home Rule
Dicey, A. V. (Albert Venn)
Home rule -- Ireland
4. _The Irish Legislature shall not make any law--_
(1.) _Respecting the establishment or endowment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or_
(2.) _Imposing any disability, or conferring any privilege, on
account of religious belief; or_
(3.) _Abrogating or derogating from the right to establish or
maintain any place of denominational education or any
denominational institution or charity; or_
(4.) _Prejudicially affecting the right of any child to attend a
school receiving public money without attending the religious
instruction at that school; or_
(5.) _Impairing, without either the leave of Her Majesty in Council
first obtained on an address presented by the Legislative Body of
Ireland, or the consent of the corporation interested, the rights,
property, or privileges of any existing corporation incorporated by
royal charter or local and general Act of Parliament; or_
(6.) _Imposing or relating to duties of customs and duties of
excise, as defined by this Act, or either of such duties, or
affecting any Act relating to such duties or either of them; or_
(7.) _Affecting this Act, except in so far as it is declared to be
alterable by the Irish Legislature._
[Sidenote: Prerogatives of Her Majesty as to Irish Legislative Body.]
5. _Her Majesty the Queen shall have the same prerogatives with
respect to summoning, proroguing, and dissolving the Irish Legislative
Body as Her Majesty has with respect to summoning, proroguing, and
dissolving the Imperial Parliament._
[Sidenote: Duration of the Irish Legislative Body.]
6. _The Irish Legislative Body whenever summoned may have continuance
for five years and no longer, to be reckoned from the day on which any
such Legislative Body is appointed to meet._
_Executive Authority_.
[Sidenote: Constitution of the Executive Authority.]
7.--(1.) _The Executive Government of Ireland shall continue vested in
Her Majesty, and shall be carried on by the Lord-Lieutenant on behalf of
Her Majesty with the aid of such officers and such Council as to Her
Majesty may from time to time seem fit._
(2.) _Subject to any instructions which may from time to time be given
by Her Majesty, the Lord-Lieutenant shall give or withhold the assent of
Her Majesty to Bills passed by the Irish Legislative Body, and shall
exercise the prerogatives of Her Majesty in respect of the summoning,
proroguing, and dissolving of the Irish Legislative Body, and any
prerogatives the exercise of which may be delegated to him by Her
Majesty._
[Sidenote: Use of Crown lands by Irish Government.]
8. _Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, from time to time place
under the control of the Irish Government, for the purposes of that
Government, any such lands and buildings in Ireland as may be vested in
or held in trust for Her Majesty._
_Constitution of Legislative Body._
[Sidenote: Constitution of Irish Legislative Body.]
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