Sixteenth Amendment Of The Constitution Of Ireland
The Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland provided that a court could refuse bail to a suspect where it feared that while at liberty they would commit a serious criminal offence. It was effected by the Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1996, which was approved by referendum on 28 November 1996 and signed into law on the 12 December of the same year.
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