Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1940

Restrictions on recruiting for other States.

58.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person—

(a) to induce, procure, or persuade any person in the area of application of the Acts of the Oireachtas to accept or agree to accept any commission or engagement in any military, naval or air service maintained by the Government of any other State; or

(b) to print within the area of application of the Acts of the Oireachtas or cause or procure to be printed within that area any notice or advertisement in relation to the procurement of personnel for any military, naval or air service maintained by the Government of any other State; or

(c) to publish or cause or procure to be published within the said area any such notice or advertisement as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of this sub-section which is printed within the said area.

(2) Every person who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or at the discretion of the Court to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(3) In this section—

the expression “the Government” in relation to any other State includes any person exercising or assuming to exercise powers of Government in or over such State or any part thereof;

the expression “military, naval or air service” does not include a voluntary aid society duly authorised for the purposes of Article 10 of the International Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armies in the field signed at Geneva on the 27th day of July, 1929.