S.I. No. 157/1957 -- Offences Against The State (Amendment) Act, 1940 (Commission For Inquiring Into Detentions) Order, 1957.
S.I. No. 157/1957: OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940 (COMMISSION FOR INQUIRING INTO DETENTIONS) ORDER, 1957. |
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OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940 (COMMISSION FOR INQUIRING INTO DETENTIONS) ORDER, 1957. |
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WHEREAS it is enacted by section 8 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act, 1940 (No. 2 of 1940), that, as soon as conveniently may be after Part II of that Act comes into force, the Government shall set up a Commission to perform the functions imposed on such Commission by that section, and that the members of such Commission shall be appointed by the Government : |
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AND WHEREAS the said Part II of the said Act came into force on the 8th day of July, 1957 : |
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NOW, the Government, in pursuance of section 8 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act, 1940 (No. 2 of 1940), and in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby order as follows :-- |
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1. This Order may be cited as the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act, 1940 (Commission for Inquiring into Detentions) Order, 1957. |
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2. The Commission required by section 8 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act, 1940 (No. 2 of 1940), to be set up is hereby set up and shall be known and is in this Order referred to as the Commission for Inquiring into Detentions. |
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3. The following persons are hereby appointed to be members of the Commission for Inquiring into Detentions, that is to say :-- |
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BARRA Ó BRIAIN, |
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a Judge of the Circuit Court of Justice, |
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ÉAMONN Ó RIAIN |
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(Edward Ryan), |
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a Justice of the District Court of Justice, |
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and |
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SEÁN SEÓIGH |
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(John Vincent Joyce), |
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a Colonel in the Defence Forces. |
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government this 16th day of July, 1957. |
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ÉAMON DE VALÉRA, |
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Taoiseach. |
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Explanatory Note. |
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This Order sets up a Commission for inquiring into detentions under Part II of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act, 1940 . |
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