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Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1922

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Forfeiture of Pension or Allowance

16(1)A pension or allowance under this Order is granted only upon condition that it becomes forfeited and may be withdrawn by the Inspector-General, with the consent of the Treasury, in any of the following cases, that is to say, if the grantee—

(a)is convicted of any offence and is sentenced to penal servitude or to imprisonment for a term exceeding three months; or

(b)knowingly associates with thieves or. reputed thieves; or

(c)refuses to give to the police all information and assistance in the power of the grantee, for the detection of crime, for the apprehension of criminals or for the suppression of any disturbance of the public peace ; or

(d)enters into or continues to carry on any business, occupation or employment which is illegal, or in which the grantee has made use of the fact of former employment in the force in a manner which the Inspector-General considers to be discreditable or improper ; or

(e)supplies to any person or publishes in a manner which the Inspector-General considers to be discreditable or improper any information which the grantee may have obtained in the course of employment in the force ; or

(f)solicits or, without the consent of the Inspector-General, accepts directly, or indirectly, any testimonial or gift of a pecuniary value on retirement from the force, or otherwise in connection with his service in the force ; or

(g)enters into or continues in any business, occupation, or employment as a private detective, after being prohibited to do so by the Inspector-General on any reasonable grounds.

(2)Such forfeiture and withdrawal may affect the pension or allowance wholly or in part, and may be permanent or temporary as the Inspector-General with the consent of the Treasury may determine.

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