Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-02-10
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Paul Gavan (SF), Labour Panel

I move amendment No. 11:
In page 5, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:
"Power of member of Garda Síochána to give direction
5. (1) Where a member of the Garda Síochána finds a person in a public place and suspects, with reasonable cause, that such person—
(a) intends to breach any of the provisions of sections 3 or 4 of this Act,
(b) is about to breach any of the provisions of sections 3 or 4 of this Act, or
(c) is attempting to breach the provisions of sections 3 or 4 of this Act,
the member may direct the person to leave immediately that place and the vicinity thereof in a peaceable and orderly manner.
(2) It shall be an offence for any person, without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with a direction given by a member of the Garda Síochána under this section.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or both.".

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