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CHAPTER IV.
Exemptions of Officers and Soldiers.
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Exemptions of officers and soldiers from tolls.
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139.—(1) All officers and soldiers of the Forces on duty or on the march; and
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Their horses and baggage; and
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All prisoners under military escort; and
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All motor cars, carriages and horses belonging to the Forces or employed in military service, when conveying any such persons as above in this Section mentioned, or baggage or stores, or returning from conveying same,
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shall be exempted from payment of any duties or tolls on embarking or disembarking from or upon any pier, wharf, quay, or landing place, or in passing along or over any turnpike or other road or bridge, otherwise demandable by virtue of any Act of Parliament or of the Oireachtas already passed or hereafter to be passed:
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Provided that nothing in this Section shall exempt any boats, barges or other vessels employed in conveying the said persons, horses, baggage, or stores, along any canal from payment of tolls in like manner as other boats, barges, and vessels.
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(2) Any person who demands and receives any duty, toll, or rate in contravention of this Section shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds nor less than ten shillings.
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