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General provisions in respect of pensions under this Act.
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2.—(1) Every pension granted under this Act shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
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(2) The Executive Council may at any time by order revoke or suspend for such time as they think proper for reasons stated in such order any pension granted under this Act, but no such pension shall be so revoked or suspended unless and until the reasons for such proposed revocation have been communicated in writing to the person in receipt of the pension and such person has been given a reasonable opportunity of making to the Executive Council such explanation, answer or other case as he may think proper in relation to such proposed revocation or the reasons therefor, and every order made by the Executive Council under this section shall be published in the Iris Oifigiúil as soon as may be after it is made.
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(3) The provisions in relation to the following matters contained in the orders for the time being in force regulating the grant and payment of pensions to members of the Gárda Síochána, that is to say:—
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(a) restrictions on assignment of such pensions, and
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(b) forfeiture of such pensions, and
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(c) suspension of such pensions, and
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(d) mode of payment of such pensions, and
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(e) penalties for fraud in relation to the grant of such pensions,
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shall apply to every pension granted under this Act in like manner as they apply to pensions granted under the said orders.
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