Emergency Powers (Continuance) Act, 1941
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No. 16/1941: EMERGENCY POWERS (CONTINUANCE) ACT, 1941 |
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS |
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AN ACT TO EXTEND, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE STATE IN TIME OF WAR, THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE EMERGENCY POWERS ACT, 1939 , SHALL REMAIN IN FORCE. |
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[5th August, 1941.] |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— |
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| The Principal Act. |
1.—In this Act the expression "the Principal Act" means the Emergency Powers Act, 1939 (No. 28 of 1939). |
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| Continuance of the Principal Act. |
2.—(1) The Principal Act shall, unless previously terminated under sub-section (2) of this section, continue in force until the 2nd day of September, 1942, and shall then expire unless the Oireachtas otherwise determines. |
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(2) The Government may by order declare that the Principal Act shall expire on a specified date, being earlier than the 2nd day of September, 1942, and in that case the Principal Act shall expire accordingly. |
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| Repeal of the Emergency Powers (Continuance) Act, 1940 . |
3.—The Emergency Powers (Continuance) Act, 1940 (No. 18 of 1940), is hereby repealed. |
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| Short title. |
4.—This Act may be cited as the Emergency Powers (Continuance) Act, 1941 . |
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