Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Act 2015

Amendment of section 44(2) of Principal Act

9. Section 44(2) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) in relation to an act committed outside the State—

(i) a certificate that is signed by an officer of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and states that a passport was issued by that Minister of the Government to a person on a specified date, and

(ii) a certificate that is signed by an officer of the Minister and states that, to the best of the officer’s knowledge and belief, the person has not ceased to be an Irish citizen,

is evidence that the person was an Irish citizen on the date on which the offence concerned is alleged to have been committed, unless the contrary is shown,”.