The Garda Síochána Act, 1924
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Existing police force to be governed by the Act. |
20.—From and after the passing of this Act the police force which on the 8th day of August, 1923, existed in Saorstát Eireann under the name of “The Civic Guard” and the Gárda Síochána raised and now maintained under the Gárda Síochána (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 37 of 1923) shall be deemed to have been established under and shall be governed by this Act, and every person who is now or was at any time a member of either of those police forces shall, subject to his having taken or hereafter taking an oath or declaration in the form set out in the Second Schedule to this Act, be deemed to be or to have been a member of the Gárda Síochána maintained under this Act, and to have been a member thereof during all the time he was a member of either of those police forces, and every mention or reference contained in any Act of the Oireachtas passed before the 10th day of August, 1923, of or to the Civic Guard shall where the context so admits or requires be construed and take effect as including a mention of or reference to the Gárda Síochána maintained under this Act. |