Air-Raid Precautions Act, 1939

Regulation of importation and sale of air-raid precautions equipment.

63.—(1) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order do either or both of the following things, that is to say:—

(a) regulate (including prohibit) the importation of any article (being an article of air-raid precautions equipment) specified in such order, in such manner as the Minister thinks proper;

(b) regulate (including prohibit) the sale of any article (being an article of air-raid precautions equipment) specified in such order, in such manner as he thinks proper.

(2) The Minister may by order revoke or amend any order made by him under this section (including this sub-section).

(3) If any person contravenes or attempts to contravene any provision contained in an order made under this section and for the time being in force such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

(4) Articles prohibited to be imported by an order made under this section shall be deemed to be included amongst the goods enumerated and described in the Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions Inwards contained in section 42 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, and the provisions of that Act, as amended or extended by any subsequent Act, applying to the importation of prohibited or restricted goods, shall apply accordingly.

(5) Every order made by the Minister under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling such order is passed by either such House within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which such House has sat after such order is laid before it, such order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under such order.