Public Safety Act, 1927

PART II.

Unlawful Associations and other matters.

Unlawful associations.

4.—(1) The Executive Council may by order declare any association which in the opinion of the Executive Council—

(a) has amongst its professed objects, or advocates or encourages, or professes to encourage the overthrow by force of the Government of Saorstát Eireann or the alteration by force of the Constitution or the law, or

(b) without lawful authority organizes or maintains or endeavours or purports to organize or maintain an armed force, or

(c) promotes or encourages the unlawful possession of firearms by its members, or

(d) engages in, promotes, encourages, or advocates any act, enterprise, or course of action of a treasonable or seditious character, or promotes, encourages or advocates the attainment of any object of a treasonable or seditious character, or

(e) promotes, encourages or advocates the commission of crimes or offences or the obstruction or interference with the administration of justice or the enforcement of the law, or

(f) promotes, encourages, or advocates the non-payment of moneys payable to the Central Fund or any other public fund whether by way of taxation or otherwise or the non-payment of local taxation,

to be an unlawful association.

(2) Every order made by the Executive Council under the foregoing sub-section shall continue in force until revoked by an order of the Executive Council.

(3) Every order made by the Executive Council under this section declaring an association to be an unlawful association and every order of the Executive Council revoking any such order shall be published in the Iris Oifigiúil as soon as conveniently may be.

(4) Every order made by the Executive Council under this section declaring an association to be an unlawful association shall take effect as on and from the expiration of the day following the day on which such order is published in the Iris Oifigiúil.