Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Act 2013
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Interpretation. |
1.— In this Act— | |
“Act of 1923” means the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act 1923 ; | ||
“Allied side” means the countries and forces that opposed Germany, Italy and Japan and other countries (commonly described as the Axis powers) in the Second World War; | ||
“being absent without leave” means any offence referred to in subsection (1), (2) or (3) of section 45 of the Act of 1923; | ||
“Defence Forces” has the meaning assigned to it by the Order of 1945; | ||
“desertion” means the offence referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 42 of the Act of 1923; | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for Defence; | ||
“Order of 1945” means the Emergency Powers (No. 362) Order 1945 (S. R. & O. 1945. No. 198), and includes those provisions of section 13 of the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act 1946 that relate to that Order; | ||
“relevant person” shall be construed in accordance with section 2 ; | ||
“Second World War” means the war commonly known by that name which occurred between the years 1939 and 1945. |