Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

Chapter 10

Offences of causing disaffection, impersonation

Causing disaffection

98. (1) A person is guilty of an offence if he or she induces, or does any act calculated to induce, any member of An Garda Síochána to withhold his or her services or to commit a breach of the standards of professional behaviour.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a class B fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.