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(2) Díreach ar an Acht so do rith, beidh ag an ionstruim do rinne A Shoillse Rí Eadbhárd a hOcht an 10adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1936, ag tréigint na Coróinneach (go bhfuil cóip di leagtha amach sa Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so) éifeacht do réir a brí agus scuirfidh A Shoillse adubhradh de bheith ina rí chun crícheanna an fho-ailt sin roimhe seo den alt so agus chun gach críche eile (más aon chríoch é) agus isé bheidh feasta ina rí chun na gcrícheanna san ná an duine do bheadh, dá n-éagadh A Shoillse adubhradh an 10adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1936, gan pósadh, ina chomharba dhó de thurus na huaire fé dhlí Shaorstáit Éireann.
(2) Immediately upon the passing of this Act, the instrument of abdication executed by His Majesty King Edward the Eighth on the 10th day of December, 1936, (a copy whereof is set out in the Schedule to this Act) shall have effect according to the tenor thereof and His said Majesty shall, for the purposes of the foregoing sub-section of this section and all other (if any) purposes, cease to be king, and the king for those purposes shall henceforth be the person who, if His said Majesty had died on the 10th day of December, 1936, unmarried would for the time being be his successor under the law of Saorstát Eireann.