Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925

Gárda Síochána Reward Fund.

20.—The Gárda Síochána Reward Fund shall continue to be maintained and administered under section 18 of the Gárda Síochána Act, 1924 , subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—

(a) the fund shall be available for the reward or benefit of members of the amalgamated force wherever stationed; and

(b) the expression “Gárda Síochána” where the same occurs in paragraphs (a) and (d), of the said section 18 shall be construed and have effect as referring to the amalgamated force, and where the same occurs in paragraph (b) of the said section 18 shall be construed and have effect as referring to members of the amalgamated force stationed outside the Dublin Metropolitan Area; and

(c) the expression “this Act” in paragraph (e) of the said section 18 shall be construed as including this present Act; and

(d) in addition to the moneys mentioned in the said section 18 there shall be paid into the Gárda Síochána Reward Fund any moneys provided by the Oireachtas for the payment to the members of the amalgamated force of rewards for extraordinary diligence or exertion