Emergency Powers (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1945

PART III.

Amendment of the Principal Act.

Amendment of section 2 of the Principal Act.

5.—(1) Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the deletion of paragraph (h) of subsection (2),

(b) by the deletion, in paragraph (i) of subsection (2), of all words after the words “official information”,

(c) by deletion of paragraph (j) of subsection (2) and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:—

“(j) authorise and provide for the prohibition, restriction or control of the entry of persons (other than natural-born Irish citizens) into the State or the departure of persons out of the State and the movements of persons (other than natural-born Irish citizens) within the State;”,

(d) by the insertion in paragraph (m) of subsection (2), after the word “persons” of the words “(other than natural born Irish citizens)”,

(e) by the insertion in paragraph (o) of subsection (2), after the word “persons” where it first occurs of the words “(other than natural born Irish citizens)”.

(2) Paragraph (k) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Principal Act shall be construed as if the words and brackets deleted therefrom by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act, 1940 (No. 1 of 1940), were re-inserted in the said paragraph (k).

(3) Paragraph (l) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Principal Act shall be construed as if the words and brackets deleted therefrom by subsection (2) of section 2 of the Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act, 1940 , were re-inserted in the said paragraph (l).

(4) Subsection (5) of section 2 of the Principal Act shall be construed as if the words deleted therefrom by section 2 of the Emergency Powers (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1940 (No. 16 of 1940), were re-inserted in the said subsection (5).