Protection of Life and Property in Certain Parts of Ireland Act 1871
- Protection of Life and Property in Certain Parts of Ireland Act 1871
The Protection of Life and Property (Ireland) Act 1871 was one element of the special emergency legislation that had been applied to Ireland by Westminster during the 19th and 20th Centuries.["Human Rights"; Taylor & Francis Group] The Act was also known as the Westmeath Act ["A New History of Ireland"; Theodore William Moody & Francis Xavier Martin; ISBN 0198217447] ]The Act permitted the arrest and detention without trial of persons reasonably suspected of membership in a secret society.["Human Rights"; Taylor & Francis Group] ]References
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