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Commissioned ranks in the Defence Forces.
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3.—(1) The ranks set out in the second column of the Table hereto shall be the grades of commissioned military rank in the Defence Forces, and any grade of commissioned military rank set out in the said second column before any other grade of commissioned military rank shall be senior to such other grade.
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(2) The ranks set out in the third column of the Table hereto shall be the grades of commissioned naval rank in the Defence Forces, and any grade of commissioned naval rank set out in the said third column before any other grade of commissioned naval rank shall be senior to such other grade.
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(3) (a) For the purposes of any enactment to which this subsection applies or any scheme made (whether before or after the passing of this Act) under the Defence Forces (Pensions) Acts, 1932 and 1938, every commissioned naval rank mentioned in the third column of the Table hereto shall be deemed to be a rank corresponding to the commissioned military rank respectively mentioned opposite thereto in the second column of the said Table, and references in any such enactment or scheme to a commissioned military rank corresponding to a commissioned naval rank shall be construed as including references to such commissioned naval rank.
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(b) This subsection applies to any enactment, whether passed before or after this Act, including this Act, which is a Saorstát Éireann statute or an Act of the Oireachtas.
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(4) The Minister may direct that an officer of the Defence Forces who holds (whether by virtue of his appointment thereto or a direction given under subsection (5) of this section) a commissioned military rank set out in the second column of the Table hereto shall, in lieu of that commissioned military rank, hold the commissioned naval rank set out in the third column of the said Table opposite the mention of such commissioned military rank, and any such direction shall have effect according to the tenor thereof.
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(5) The Minister may direct that an officer of the Defence Forces who holds (whether by virtue of his appointment thereto or a direction given under subsection (4) of this section) a particular commissioned naval rank shall, in lieu of that commissioned naval rank, hold the commissioned military rank corresponding to such commissioned naval rank, and any such direction shall have effect according to the tenor thereof.
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TABLE OF COMMISSIONED RANKS.
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Military Ranks
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Naval Ranks
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(3)
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1
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Ginearál or (in English) General.
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2
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Lefteanant-Ghinearál or (in English) Lieutenant-General.
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3
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Maor-Ghinearál or (in English) Major-General.
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Fo-Aimiréal or (in English) Commodore.
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4
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Cornal or (in English) Colonel.
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Captaen or (in English) Captain.
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5
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Lefteanant-Chornal or (in English) Lieutenant-Colonel.
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Ceannasaí or (in English) Commander.
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6
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Ceannphort or (in English) Commandant.
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Lefteanant-Cheannasaí or (in English) Lieutenant-Commander.
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7
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Captaen or (in English) Captain.
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Lefteanant or (in English) Lieutenant.
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8
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Lefteanant or (in English) Lieutenant.
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Fo-Lefteanant or (in English) Sub-Lieutenant.
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9
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Dara-Lefteanant or (in English) Second-Lieutenant.
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Meirgire or (in English) Ensign.
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