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Wearing of DF DPM

  • 17-12-2013 10:35pm
    #1
    lillian2608
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭


    I just noticed in the closed thread for newbies that there is a small error over the fines issued for wearing of Irish Army Camo. The Defence Act 1954 section 264 was amended in 1987 to include the following


    (1) If any person (not being a member of the Defence Forces) wears, without permission granted by or on behalf of the Minister, any uniform of the Defence Forces, or any colourable imitation thereof, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

    (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply in respect of the wearing of any uniform of the Defence Forces or any colourable imitation thereof in the course of a stage play or other dramatic representation or performance.

    (3) In this section the word “uniform” includes any distinctive part of a uniform.

    (4) In any proceedings for an offence under this section it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that permission to wear a uniform of the Defence Forces, or any colourable imitation thereof, had not been granted by or on behalf of the Minister.

    So basically it aint 20 quid any more. Now try to present that to every gombeen wearing a pair of DF combat trousers you meet on the street and see where it gets ya.


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