Defence Act 1954

Penalty for unlawful recruiting or interfering with recruiting.

256

256.(1) If any person without due authority, the proof of which authority shall lie on such person,—

(a) acts or purports to act as a recruiter or a person authorised to enlist recruits, or

(b) publishes or causes to be published notices or advertisements for the purpose of procuring recruits for the Defence Forces, or in relation to recruits for the Defence Forces, or

(c) receives any person under any such advertisement,

he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection.

(2) If any person—

(a) wilfully utters, prints or publishes anything calculated to obstruct or interfere with recruitment for the Defence Forces, or

(b) directly or indirectly interferes with the recruiting service of the Defence Forces,

he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection.

(3) Every person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding F381[200] pounds.

Annotations

Amendments:

F381

Substituted (24.06.1987) by Defence (Amendment) Act 1987 (8/1987), s. 2, item 16, commenced on enactment, subject to transitional provision in s. 16. A fine of £200 converted (1.01.1999) to €253.95. This translates into a Class E fine not exceeding €500 as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 8(2) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.