Dublin Police Act, 1842

Penalty on constables dismissed, &c. for not delivering up accoutrements.

3. Every constable belonging to the Dublin police who shall be dismissed from or shall cease to hold and exercise his office, and who shall not forthwith deliver over all the clothing, accoutrements, appointments, and other necessaries which may have been supplied to him for the execution of his duty to the commissioners of police, or to such person, and at such time and place, as shall be directed by them, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any time not exceeding one calendar month; and it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace to issue his warrant to search for and seize, to the use of her Majesty, all the clothing, accoutrements, appointments, and other necessaries which shall not be so delivered over, wherever the same may be found.