30/09/1923: Public Safety (Emergency Powers) Act, 1923.

1. Name of Applicant

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2. Address

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3. Profession, Business or Occupation

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4. Specification and Quantity of Firearms or Ammunition desired to be imported or brought in

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5. Purpose for which required and District in which it is proposed to use the Firearm

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6. Particulars as to Firearm licence already possessed

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Signature of Applicant.

Date ....................................

To the Secretary,

Ministry of Home Affairs,

Dublin.

No. 5 F.L.

PUBLIC SAFETY (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT. 1923.

Licence for the Purchase and Removal (or Removal only) of Explosive Substance for Industrial Purposes.

No ................

(a)............................................................ .... of....................................................., is hereby licensed to purchase for the purpose of................................................at...................................... the explosive substances hereinafter mentioned (b) And authority is also hereby given to.................................................... , of...........:............................................., a duly registered dealer to obtain the transfer of (c)............................................................ .................................

from his stock at (d)............................................................ ............................................................ . to (e)............................................................ ....................................

Dated at......................................,this................day of.......................................1923.

Signed........................................................

Superintendent.

Garda Siochana.

Dublin Metropolitan Police.

(

a

) Insert name of person who proposes to order or purchase the explosive substances.

(

b

) Insert name of Registered Dealer from whom the proposed purchase is to be made.

(

c

) Insert description and quantity of explosive substance required.

(

d

) Insert either (1) Magazine, Dublin, or (2) name of Local Command Military Barracks, as the case may be.

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c

) Insert either (1) name of Local Command Military Barracks, or (2) name of Military Post nearest to proposed blasting operation, as the case may be.

N.B.—If the Registered Dealer simply wishes to transfer some of his stock from the Dublin Magazine to the Local Command Military Barracks, the part above at (

a

) is to be struck out.

In the case of a purchase, a delivery order signed by the Dealer should always accompany this Licence when the transfer is being sought.

8. No person registered in accordance with the preceding regulation shall manufacture sell, repair, test or deal in fire-arms or ammunition or have in his possession for any of those purposes any firearms or ammunition unless he has authority in that behalf from the Minister for Home Affairs. Every person who is registered in accordance with this regulation shall keep a register of sales of firearms and ammunition, showing the name and address of the purchaser, date of purchase, and particulars of materials purchased; and such register shall be produced on demand for inspection by any member of a Police Force in Saorstát Éireann.

9. No person shall give or receive in pawn any firearms or ammunition of any description.

10. Every firearm shall be marked with a distinguishing mark or identification number and with the name of the manufacturer seller, or owner; and every Superintendent of the Garda Síochána or Dublin Metropolitan Police shall keep a register of all such firearms, in respect of which licences shall have been issued in his area

Such register shall be in the following form:—

Date of Registration and Number.

Description of Firearm.

Identification marks Maker's name and number marked thereon.

Condition.

Origin.

Reference to corresponding Firearm Licence.

11. Firearm licences shall be valid for 6 months from the 1st August, 1923, unless earlier revoked and shall be in the form annexed hereto.

12. Every firearm licence issued under the Act shall be produced at any time for inspection on demand by any member of a. Police Force in Saorstát Eireann.

13. These regulations shall apply to manufacture, sale, purchase, or possession of any weapon designed for the discharge of any noxious liquid gas or other thing or any ammunition containing, or designed, or adapted to contain any noxious thing in the same manner and effect as they apply to possession of firearms and ammunition.

14. No person may import export or remove, or deliver or receive for the purpose of conveyance or transit for import, export or removal any firearms or ammunition except on the conditions applying to such import, export or removal from one place to another as are herein prescribed.

Any member of a Police Force in Saorstát Éireann may at any time seize, search and examine any parcel or package, whether on a vehicle, boat, train or elsewhere, which he has reason to believe contains firearms or ammunition for import, export or removal in contravention of these regulations.

15. No person shall consign for export or removal from one place to another any firearms or ammunition unless such export or removal has been authorised in writing by the Superintendent of Police of the area from which they are to be exported or removed.

This regulation shall not apply to the removal of an individual sporting gun or ammunition therefor, of which the owner is in possession by virtue of a firearm licence issued under the Act.

16. No person shall purchase sell or remove from one place to another, any Dynamite, Gelignite or other explosive substance, unless he is in possession of a firearm licence (explosive substances) issued by a Superintendent of Police in the form annexed hereto.

17. No person may import firearms or ammunition unless he has been issued a licence in the form annexed hereto.

Applications for such licence should be addressed to the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, on the form annexed hereto.

18. Any person contravening these regulations or any of them shall be guilty of an offence.

19. Any offence as defined by paragraph 18 may be dealt with summarily by a District Court and punishment therefor may be imposed not exceeding 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour or a fine of £50 or six months' imprisonment with hard labour in default of payment.

Ministry of Home Affairs,

30th September, 1923.

NOTE:—Copies of the Form of Application for importation licence are published by the Stationery Office, and may be obtained from Messrs. Eason & Sons, Ltd., Dublin, on payment of 1d.

NO. 1 F.L

PUBLIC SAFETY (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT, 1923

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PUBLIC SAFETY (EMERGENCY POWERS) (No. 2) ACT, 1923

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DATE AND DETAILS OF AMMUNITION PURCHASE.

(To be filled in and Initialled by Registered Dealer immediately on purchase).

F I R E A R M L I C E N C E

Date.

Details of Ammunition Purchased.

Dealer's Initials.

No...................

(POSSESSION).

By virtue of the Regulations made by the Minister for Home Affairs under

Section 8 (2) of the above Acts,............................................................ ..

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of............................................................ ....................., is hereby

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authorised to be in possession of............................................................

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and to purchase not more than................................................cartridges

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therefor at any one time.

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Dated at................................., on the.................................192......

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Signed...............................

Superintendent

Garda Siochana

Dublin Metropolitan Police.

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REGULATIONS. Made pursuant to Section 8 of the

PUBLIC SAFETY (EMERGENCY POWERS) ACT, 1923.

I, Caoimhghin O ,hUigin, Minister for Home Affairs, being a member of the Executive Council, in pursuance of

Section 8

of the

Public Safety Emergency Powers) Act, 1923

, (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") do hereby make the following regulations and prescribe as follows:—