Offences Against the State Act 1939

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1. Art. 1 Short title.
2. Art. 2 Definitions.
3. Art. 3 Exercise of powers by superintendents of the Gárda Síochána.
4. Art. 4 Expenses.
5. Art. 5 Repeals.
6. Art. 6 Usurpation of functions of government.
7. Art. 7 Obstruction of government.
8. Art. 8 Obstruction of the President.
9. Art. 9 Interference with military or other employees of the State.
10. Art. 10 Prohibition of printing, etc., certain documents.
11. Art. 11 Foreign newspapers, etc., containing seditious or unlawful matter.
12. Art. 12 Possession of treasonable, seditious, or incriminating documents.
13. Art. 13 Provisions in respect of documents printed for reward.
14. Art. 14 Obligation to print printer's name and address on documents.
15. Art. 15 Unauthorised military exercises prohibited.
16. Art. 16 Secret societies in army or police.
17. Art. 17 Administering unlawful oaths.
18. Art. 18 Unlawful organisations.
19. Art. 19 Suppression orders.
20. Art. 20 Declarations of legality.
21. Art. 21 Prohibition of membership of an unlawful organisation.
22. Art. 21A Offence of providing assistance to an unlawful organisation.
23. Art. 22 Provisions consequent upon the making of a suppression order.
24. Art. 22A Definitions for, and operation of, sections 22B to 22I.
25. Art. 22B Interim order respecting specified property.
26. Art. 22C Disposal order respecting specified property.
27. Art. 22D Ancillary orders and provision in relation to certain profits or gains, etc.
28. Art. 22E Evidence.
29. Art. 22F Seizure of certain property.
30. Art. 22G Compensation.
31. Art. 22H Application of certain provisions of Act of 1996.
32. Art. 22I Immunity from proceedings.
33. Art. 23 Provisions consequent upon the making of a declaration of legality.
34. Art. 24 Proof of membership of an unlawful organisation by possession of incriminating document.
35. Art. 25 Closing of buildings.
36. Art. 26 Evidence of publication of treasonable, seditious or incriminating document.
37. Art. 27 Prohibition of certain public meetings.
38. Art. 28 Prohibition of meetings in the vicinity of the Oireachtas.
39. Art. 29 Search warrants in relation to the commission of offences under this Act etc.
40. Art. 30 Arrest and detention of suspected persons.
41. Art. 31 Offences by bodies corporate.
42. Art. 32 Re-capture of escaped prisoners.
43. Art. 33 Remission, etc., in respect of convictions by a Special Criminal Court.
44. Art. 34 Forfeitures and disqualifications on certain convictions by a Special Criminal Court.
45. Art. 35 Commencement and cesser of this Part of this Act.
46. Art. 36 Scheduled offences.
47. Art. 37 Attempting, etc., to commit a scheduled offence.
48. Art. 38 Establishment of Special Criminal Courts.
49. Art. 39 Constitution of Special Criminal Courts.
50. Art. 40 Verdicts of Special Criminal Courts.
51. Art. 41 Procedure of Special Criminal Courts.
52. Art. 42 Authentication of orders of Special Criminal Courts.
53. Art. 43 Jurisdiction of Special Criminal Courts.
54. Art. 44 Appeal to Court of Criminal Appeal.
55. Art. 45 Proceedings in the District Court in relation to scheduled offences.
56. Art. 46 Proceedings in the District Court in relation to non-scheduled offences.
57. Art. 47 Charge before Special Criminal Court in lieu of District Court.
58. Art. 48 Transfer of trials from ordinary Courts to a Special Criminal Court.
59. Art. 49 Selection of the Special Criminal Court by which a person is to be tried.
60. Art. 50 Orders and sentences of Special Criminal Courts.
61. Art. 51 Standing mute of malice and refusal to plead, etc.
62. Art. 52 Examination of detained persons.
63. Art. 53 Immunities of members, etc., of Special Criminal Courts.
64. Art. 54 Commencement and cesser of this Part of this Act.
65. Art. 55 Special powers of arrest and detention.
66. Art. 56 Powers of search, etc., of detained persons.
67. Art. 57 Release of detained persons.
68. Art. 58 Regulations in relation to places of detention.
69. Art. 59 Commission for inquiring into detentions.