Spanish Civil War (Non-Intervention) Act, 1937

Restriction on sale of travel tickets for Spain.

9.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person (in this section referred to as the ticket-seller) to sell or issue to or to procure or attempt to procure for another person (in this section referred to as the traveller) a ticket, pass, voucher, or other document entitling the holder thereof to travel directly or indirectly to Spain or to any Spanish territory, unless the traveller has produced to the ticket-seller such passport as would preclude the departure of the traveller from Saorstat Eireann for the purpose of proceeding to the destination named in such ticket, pass, voucher, or other document from being unlawful by virtue of this Act.

(2) Every person who sells, issues, procures, or attempts to procure a ticket, pass, voucher, or other document in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section.

(3) Whenever a company or a society sells, issues, procures, or attempts to procure a ticket, pass, voucher, or other document in contravention of this section, every director, manager, secretary, and other officer of such company or society who is knowingly a party to such contravention shall (without prejudice to the liability of such company or society in respect of such contravention) be guilty of an offence under this section and be punishable accordingly.