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Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act
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10. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of “(3), (4), (6A) or (7A)” for “(3) or (4)” in each place it occurs,
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):
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“(2A) A person who—
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(a) refuses to allow his fingerprints, palm prints or photograph to be taken pursuant to section 10A, or
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(b) fails or refuses, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement under section 10A(2) to attend at a Garda Síochána station named under that section within the time period specified for the purposes of having his or her fingerprints, palm prints or photograph taken,
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shall be guilty of an offence.”,
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and
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(c) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “by the means referred to in subsection (4A), (7C) or (7D) of section 10” for “by any of the means referred to in section 10(8).”.
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