Prevention of Violence (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1939 c. 50 |
| Year | 1939 |
Prevention of Violence (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939
(2 & 3 Geo. 6.) 50.
An Act to prevent the commission in Great Britain of further acts of violence designed to influence public opinion or Government policy with respect to Irish affairs; and to confer on the Secretary of State extraordinary powers in that behalf; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[28th July 1939]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Power of Secretary of State to make orders.
(1) With a view to preventing the commission in Great Britain of acts of violence designed to influence public opinion or Government policy with respect to Irish affairs, the Secretary of State may exercise the powers conferred by this section.
(2) If the Secretary of State is reasonably satisfied that any person in Great Britain is concerned in the preparation or instigation of such acts of violence as aforesaid, or is knowingly harbouring any other person so concerned, and that he is not a person who has been ordinarily resident in Great Britain throughout the last preceding twenty years, or in the case of a person under the age of twenty years throughout his life, he may make an order (in this Act referred to as an ‘expulsion order’) against that person requiring him to leave Great Britain.
(3) If the Secretary of State is reasonably satisfied that any person in Great Britain is concerned in the preparation or instigation of such acts of violence as aforesaid, or is knowingly harbouring any other person so concerned, he may make an order (in this Act referred to as a ‘registration order’) against that person requiring him to register with the police particulars of his full name and address, and to notify any changes in those particulars, to be photographed and measured in accordance with the regulations in force in relation to persons arrested or detained under this Act, and to report to the police in accordance with such requirements as may be provided by the order.
(4) If the Secretary of State is reasonably satisfied that any person is attempting or may attempt to enter Great Britain with a view to being concerned in the preparation or instigation of such acts of violence as aforesaid, and that he is not a person who has been ordinarily resident in Great Britain throughout the last preceding twenty years, or in the case of a person under the age of twenty years throughout his life, he may make an order (in this Act referred to as a ‘prohibition order’) against that person prohibiting him from entering or being in Great Britain.
(5) When an expulsion order or a registration order has been made against any person, a notice specifying the requirements of the order signed by an officer of police in accordance with directions given by the Secretary of State shall be served on that person as soon as may be after the order is made, and when a prohibition order has been made against any person, a notice specifying the requirements of the order, signed in like manner, may be served on him if at any time he attempts to enter, or is found in, Great Britain.
(6) Any notice of all order served on a person in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section shall contain a statement informing him of his right to object and to make representations to the Secretary of State within forty-eight hours after the service of the notice and of the manner in which such representations may be...
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