No. 2/1940:

OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

1 Short title, construction, and collective citation.

2 Repeal.

PART II POWERS OF DETENTION

3 Commencement and cesser of this Part of this Act.

4 Special powers of arrest and detention.

5 Powers of search, etc., of detained persons.

6 Release of detained persons.

7 Regulations in relation to places of detention.

8 Commission for inquiring into detentions.

9 Returns to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

SCHEDULE

AN ACT TO REPEAL PART VI OF THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE ACT, 1939 , AND TO MAKE OTHER PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO THE DETENTION OF CERTAIN PERSONS.

[9th February, 1940.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—