ID5173
CollectionDepartment of Justice
ReferenceH247/41E
Description

File relating to the Criminal Law Amendment Act (no title).

Examples:
Memo issued to the members of the Criminal Law Amendment Act Committee detailing matters still to be considered by the committee. They include the appointment of Probation Officers and Women Police, the prohibition of the sale of contraceptives, dance-halls, age of consent, etc., May 1933.

Copy of Heads of Bill to give effect to the decisions reached by the Carrigan Committee (Criminal Law Amendment Act Committee), no date.

Memo concerning the recommendations of the Committee relating to warrants authorising the search of brothels, no date.

Memo concerning the recommendations of the Committee relating to contraceptives, no date.

Copy of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1934.

Letter from P.J. Ruttledge to Father R.S. Devane, SJ, forwarding a news-paper cutting from the London Times relating to the Contraceptives Bill, Lord Dawson's speech, 13 February [?].

Copy of the English Contraceptives Bill, 1934.

Heads of Bill of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1934.

Several copies of the Department of Justice memo to the members of the Executive Council relating to the heads of Bill of the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, November 1933.

AccessBy prior appointment.
Date1933-1934
Century20th
Keywords
Repository NameNational Archives of Ireland
Address8 Bishop Street Dublin 8
EircodeD08 DF85
Telephone(01) 407-2300
Telephone 21890-25-24-24
Email Addressquery@nationalarchives.ie
Repository Web Addresshttps://www.nationalarchives.ie/
latitude53.33847
longitude-6.26860