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Public Safety (Emergency Powers) Act, 1926

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Number 42 of 1926.

PUBLIC SAFETY (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT, 1926.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I.

Proclamation of Emergency.

Section

1.

Proclamation of national emergency.

2.

Effect of proclamation.

PART II.

Emergency Provisions.

3.

Executive Minister may cause arrest and detention of certain persons.

4.

Responsible officer may arrest certain persons.

5.

Entry of dwelling-house to make arrest.

6.

Establishment of Appeal Councils.

7.

Recognizances may be taken from persons released.

8.

Executive Minister may make regulations.

9.

Definition of “responsible officer”.

PART III.

10.

Short title.

SCHEDULE.

Acts Referred to

Treasonable Offences Act, 1925

No. 18 of 1925

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Number 42 of 1926.

PUBLIC SAFETY (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT, 1926.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PROTECTION OF PERSON AND PROPERTY DURING NATIONAL EMERGENCIES AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH. [19th November, 1926.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—