The Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923

Disorderly conduct at a meeting to be illegal practice.

12.—(1) Every person who at a meeting to which this section applies acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together shall be guilty of an illegal practice.

(2) Every person who incites others to commit an offence under this section shall be guilty of an illegal practice.

(3) This section applies to all lawful public political meetings held in a constituency either—

(a) between the date of the issue of a writ for the election of a member or members of Dáil Eireann for that constituency and the day after the day on which such election is held; or

(b) between the date of a proclamation appointing the day on which a Seanad election is to be held and the day after the day on which such election is held; or

(c) between the date of a proclamation appointing the day on which a Referendum is to be taken and the day after the day on which such Referendum is taken.