S.I. No. 290/1941 - Aliens Order, 1941.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1941. No. 290.

ALIENS ORDER, 1941.

WHEREAS by virtue of section 5 of the Aliens Act, 1935 (No. 14 of 1935), the Minister for Justice is empowered, if and whenever he thinks proper, to make provision by order (in the said Act referred to as an aliens order) for divers matters and things relating to aliens :

AND WHEREAS the said section was amended in certain respects by Article 4 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 224 of 1939) :

AND WHEREAS the Aliens Order, 1939 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 291 of 1939), was made by the Minister for Justice under the powers conferred on him by the said section, as amended by Article 4 of the Emergency Powers Order, 1939 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 224 of 1939) :

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (7) of the said section that the Minister for Justice may at any time, by order revoke or amend an aliens order previously made :

NOW, the Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Aliens Act, 1935 (No. 14 of 1935), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling hereby orders as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Aliens Order, 1941.

(2) The Aliens Orders, 1935 to 1939, and this Order may be cited together as the Aliens Orders, 1935 to 1941.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The Aliens Order, 1939 (Statutory Rules and Orders, No. 291 of 1939), is hereby amended by the insertion therein after Article 7 of a new Article as follows :—

" 8. Any person who acts in contravention of this Order or is reasonably suspected of having so acted or being about to so act, may be taken into custody without warrant by an immigration officer or by any member of the Gárda Síochána."

GIVEN under my Seal of Office, this 8th day of May, 1941.

(Signed) GERALD BOLAND,

Minister for Justice.