Number 1/1940: EMERGENCY POWERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940

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Number 1 of 1940.

EMERGENCY POWERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	The Principal Act.
2.	Amendments of section 2 of the Principal Act.
3.	Duration of this Act.
4.	Short title and collective citation.

Act Referred to
Emergency Powers Act, 1939	No. 28 of 1939

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Number 1 of 1940.

EMERGENCY POWERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1940.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE EMERGENCY POWERS ACT, 1939 , FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING BETTER PROVISION FOR SECURING THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE STATE IN TIME OF WAR. [5th January, 1940.]

		BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
[GA]	The Principal Act.	1. —In this Act the expression “the Principal Act” means the Emergency Powers Act, 1939 (No. 28 of 1939).
[GA]	Amendments of section 2 of the Principal Act.	2. —(1) Paragraph (k) of sub-section (2) of section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion therefrom of the words and brackets “(other than natural-born Irish citizens)” now contained therein.
[GA]		(2) Paragraph (l) of sub-section (2) of section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion therefrom of the words and brackets “(other than natural-born Irish citizens)” now contained therein.
[GA]		(3) The Principal Act shall be construed and have effect with and subject to the amendments made by this section of paragraphs (k) and (l) of sub-section (2) of section 2 of that Act.
[GA]	Duration of this Act.	3. —This Act shall continue in force so long as the Principal Act continues in force and no longer.
[GA]	Short title and collective citation.	4. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act, 1940.
[GA]		(2) The Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Emergency Powers Acts, 1939 and 1940.