S.I. No. 339/1939 - Offences Against The State (Scheduled Offences) Order, 1939.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1939. No. 339.

OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE (SCHEDULED OFFENCES) ORDER, 1939.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of section 36 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 (No. 13 of 1939), that whenever while Part V of the said Act is in force the Government is satisfied that the ordinary courts are inadequate to secure the effective administration of justice and the preservation of public peace and order in relation to offences under any particular enactment, the Government may by order declare that offences under that particular enactment shall be scheduled offences for the purposes of the said Part of the said Act :

AND WHEREAS Part V of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 , is in force :

AND WHEREAS the Government is satisfied that the ordinary courts are inadequate to secure the effective administration of justice and the preservation of public peace and order in relation to offences under the said Offences Against the State Act, 1939 :

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 36 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 (No. 13 of 1939), and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling hereby order as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Offences Against the State (Scheduled Offences) Order, 1939.

2. It is hereby declared that offences under the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 (No. 13 of 1939), shall be scheduled offences for the purposes of Part V of that Act.

DUBLIN.

This 17th day of November, 1939.