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CONSTABULARY (IRELAND) ACT 1839

CONSTABULARY (IRELAND) ACT 1839 - LONG TITLE

An Act for the better Regulation of the Constabulary Force in
Ireland.{1}
[24th August 1839]
Preamble, which recites the Constabulary (I) Act 1836, rep. by SLR
1890 (No. 2)

Ss.122 rep. by 1874 c.80 s.13; SLR 1874 (No. 2); SLR 1875; SLR
1878; SLR 1888 (No. 2); SLR 1890 (No. 2); SLR (NI) 1954; 1964
c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

CONSTABULARY (IRELAND) ACT 1839 - SECT 23
Deputy may act for inspector general.

23. In case of the death, illness, removal, resignation, or absence
of the inspector general, it shall be lawful for such one of the
deputies to the said inspector general as shall be for that purpose
authorized [in writing under seal by the Police Authority for
Northern Ireland], to do all such acts as it would have been
competent for the inspector general to do; and all acts done by
such deputy inspector general shall be alike valid and effectual as
if done by the inspector general, or as if such office were not
vacant, in case it shall happen so to be.

CONSTABULARY (IRELAND) ACT 1839 - SECT 24
Witnesses summoned to attend police inquiries shall be privileged
from arrest, &c.

24. All witnesses duly summoned by the inspector general or deputy
inspector general, or person or persons nominated at any time by
the said lord lieutenant to inquire, pursuant to the provisions of
the said Acts, into any charges or complaint preferred against any
person appointed thereunder of any neglect or violation of duty in
his office, and to report thereon, shall, during their necessary
attendance at such inquiry, and in going to and returning from the
same, be privileged from arrest, and shall, if unduly arrested, be
discharged by the court out of which the writ or process issued,
or if such court be not then sitting, then by any judge of the
[High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland], upon its being made to
appear to such court or judge, by an affidavit in a summary way,
that such witness was arrested in going to or returning from or
attending upon such inquiry; and all persons so duly summoned as
aforesaid who shall not attend at such inquiry, or attending shall
refuse to be sworn, or, being sworn, shall refuse to give evidence
or to answer all such questions as may be legally demanded of
them, shall forfeit and incur such penalty, not exceeding five
pounds, as the said inspector general or deputy inspector general,
or person or persons holding such inquiry, shall direct, and in
default of payment thereof such person so offending shall and may
be imprisoned for such period, not exceeding one month, as such
inspector general, or deputy inspector, or person or persons holding
such inquiry, may direct and adjudge; ....

Ss.2531 rep. by 1851 c.85 s.4; SLR 1874 (No. 2); SLR 1875






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