Prevention of Crime {Ireland).
[45 Vict.]
A.D.
1882.
Unlawful as¬ sociations.
Illegal meetings.
Arrest of persons found at night under suspicious circum¬ stances.
6.
Every person who— (a.)
Is a member of an unlawful association as defined by this Act; or (5.)
Solicits or receives or pays any money for the use of an unlawful association as defined by this Act; or 5 (c.)
Uses any badge or ticket indicating connexion with an unlawful association as defined by this Act; or (d.)
Knowingly takes part in the proceedings of an unlawful association as defined by this Act, or of any meeting thereof, or of any meeting for the purpose of promoting the purposes 10 of any such unlawful association, or any of those purposes— shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
7.
(1.)
The Lord Lieutenant may from time to time, by order in writing to be published in the prescribed manner, prohibit any meeting which he has reason to believe to be dangerous to the 15 public peace or the public safety.
(2.)
Any person who is present at a meeting prohibited in pur¬ suance of this Act shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
8.
(1.)
In a proclaimed district, if a person is out of his place of abode at any time after one hour later than sunset and before 20 sunrise under suspicious circumstances, any constable may arrest that person and bring him forthwith before a justice of the peace, and such justice, after inquiry into the circumstances of the case, may either discharge him or take the necessary steps, by committing him to prison or taking bail, to bring him before a court of summary 25 jurisdiction acting under this Act, and if such person, on appearing before a court of summary jurisdiction acting under this Act fails to satisfy the court that he was out of his place of abode upon some lawful occasion or business he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
30 (2.)
Upon the hearing of a charge under this section against a person, that person may, if he thinks fit, be examined as an ordinary witness in the case.
Arrest of strangers found under sus¬ picious cir¬ cumstances,
PART III.
GrENEBAL POWERS.
9.
(1.)
If a constable finds in a proclaimed district any stranger under suspicious circumstances, he may arrest such stranger and bring him before a justice of the peace, and, unless such stranger satisfies the justice that he is in such place for a lawful object, the
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