lative, executive, and
judicial, are derived from the people and the same shall be exercised in
the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann through the organisations
established by or under, and in accord with, this Constitution.

ARTICLE 3.

Every person domiciled in the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann at the
time of the coming into operation of this Constitution who was born in
Ireland or either of whose parents was born in Ireland or who has been so
domiciled in the area of the jurisdiction of the Irish Free State/Saorstat
Eireann for not less than seven years is a citizen of the Irish Free
State/Saorstat Eireann and shall within the limits of the Irish Free
State/Saorstat Eireann enjoy the privileges and be subject to the
obligations of such citizenship, provided that any such person being a
citizen of another State may elect not to accept the citizenship hereby
conferred; and the conditions governing the future acquisition and
termination of citizenship in the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann shall
be determined by law. Men and women have equal rights as citizens.

ARTICLE 4.

The National language of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann is the
Irish language, but the English language shall be equally recognised as an
official language. Nothing in this Article shall prevent special
provisions being made by the Parliament/Oireachtas for districts or areas
in which only one language is in use.

ARTICLE 5.

No title of honour in respect of any services rendered in or in relation
to the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann may be conferred on any citizen
of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann except with the approval or upon
the advice of the Executive Council of the State.

ARTICLE 6.

The liberty of the person is inviolable, and no person shall be deprived
of his liberty except in accordance with law. Upon complaint made by or on
behalf of any person that he is being unlawfully detained, the High
Court/Ard Chuirt and any and every judge thereof shall forthwith enquire
into the same and may make an order requiring the person in whose custody
such person shall be detained to produce the body of the person so
detained before such Court or Judge without delay and to certify in
writing as to the cause of the detention and such Court or Judge shall
thereupon order the release of such person unless satisfied that he is
being detained in accordance with the law.

ARTICLE 7.

The dwelling of each citizen is inviolab