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Constabulary officers may object to issue of certificates.
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10. The sub-inspector of the district, or in his absence the head constable, or if in the metropolitan Dublin police district the superintendent of police of the division, shall be and is hereby authorized to object to such certificate before the justices at the quarter sessions, or recorder, as the case may be; and the justices or recorder shall proceed to consider, examine on oath into, and adjudicate upon the truth, sufficiency, and validity of such objection; and it shall be lawful to require the applicant to answer whether be belongs to any unlawful society or not, but any admission by such applicant is not to be used in evidence in any prosecution against the party making it; and if such justices or recorder shall be satisfied of the truth and sufficiency of such objection, they may prohibit such certificate to be issued, in like manner as they are authorized to do according to law.
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