Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1908

Penalty.

7. Any person who, being drunk while in charge of any person or animal or vehicle of whatever description and by whatever kind of power it may be driven or propelled, or in the possession of any loaded firearm or of any instrument, tool, or article which unless managed with due care would become a source of danger to the person or persons in whose presence it might be used, carried, or placed, endangers the life or limb of any person, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty shillings, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding one month.