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30 1923

DEFENCE FORCES (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) ACT, 1923

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PART I.

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CHAPTER I.

Establishment of Defence Forces.

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Raising and number of Defence Forces.

4. —It shall be lawful for the Executive Council to raise and maintain an armed force to be called Oglaigh na hEireann (hereinafter referred to as the Forces) consisting of such number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men as may from time to time be provided by the Oireachtas.

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Control of Forces.

5. —The command in chief of and all executive and administrative powers in relation to the Forces including the power to delegate authority to such persons as may be thought fit shall be vested in the Executive Council and exercised through and in the name of the Minister who shall not however allocate to himself any executive military command and who may not be a member of the Forces on full pay.