Continental Shelf Act, 1968
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Prosecutions. |
13.—(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Act (including an offence under another Act as applied by or under this Act and any-thing that is an offence by virtue of section 3 (1) of this Act) may be taken, and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed, in any place in the State. | |
(2) Where a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons is guilty of such an offence and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity he, as well as the body, shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. | ||
(3) A member of the Garda Síochána shall in a designated area have all the powers, protection and privileges which he has in the State. |