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Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018.
[2018.]
- (b) an offence under section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1999,
- (c) attempting to pervert the course of justice,
- (d) embracery,
- (e) perjury, or
- (f) conspiring or inciting another person to commit any of the offences referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e);”.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to Criminal Justice Act 2011
28. Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice Act 2011 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 28:
- “28A. An offence under section 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018.”.
Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
29. The Electoral Act 1992 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 42:
- “Forfeiture of office order under Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018
- 42A. (1) If while a person is a member of the Dáil a forfeiture of office order in respect of the person takes effect under section 17(6) of the Act of 2018, he or she shall thereupon cease to be such member and a vacancy shall exist accordingly in the membership of the Dáil.
- (2) As soon as may be after the receipt by the Chairman of the Dáil of a notification from the registrar of a court under subsection (7) of section 17 of the Act of 2018 of the taking effect under subsection (6) of that section of a forfeiture of office order in respect of a member of the Dáil, the Chairman of the Dáil shall inform the Dáil of such receipt.
- (3) In this section—
- ‘Act of 2018’ means the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018;
- ‘forfeiture of office order’ means an order under section 17(4)(b) of the Act of 2018 for the forfeiture of the office of a person as a member of the Dáil.”.
Amendment of Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937
30. The Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 is amended—
- (a) in section 3, in the definition of “Seanad bye-election”, by the insertion of “, or by the taking effect under section 17(6) of the Criminal Justice (Corruption
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