Spanish Civil War (Non-Intervention) Act, 1937

Restriction on the departure of other persons to Spain.

8.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person who is neither a citizen of Saorstát Eireann nor a national of a country which is for the time being appointed by the Executive Council as a country to which the next preceding section of this Act applies to depart or attempt to depart from Saorstát Eireann for the purpose of proceeding to Spain or to any Spanish territory or to go from any place in Saorstát Eireann to any other place in Saorstát Eireann for the purpose of so departing from Saorstát Eireann, unless such person is the holder of a passport issued to him by the proper authority of the country of which he is a national and expressly authorising him to proceed to Spain and Spanish territory.

(2) Every person who, in contravention of this section, departs or attempts to depart from Saorstát Eireann or goes from a place in Saorstát Eireann to another place in Saorstát Eireann shall be guilty of an offence under this section.