Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1949

Removal and arrest of offenders.

14.—(1) If a person is on any particular portion of a road to which a bye-law relates in contravention of the bye-law—

(a) an authorised officer may order that person to leave that portion,

(b) if that person, on being so ordered, refuses or fails to leave that portion—

(i) such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and

(ii) the authorised officer may either remove him from that portion by force or without warrant arrest him.

(2) Where an authorised officer (not being a member of the Garda Síochána) arrests a person under this section, he shall, as soon as may be, bring and deliver such person into the custody of a member of the Garda Síochána to be dealt with according to law.