Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1940

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Commissioned ranks in the Defence Forces.

17.—(1) The ranks set out in the second column of the Table hereto shall be the grades of commissioned military rank in the Defence Forces, and any grade of commissioned military rank set out in the said second column before any other grade of commissioned military rank shall be senior to such other grade.

(2) The ranks set out in the third column of the Table hereto shall be the grades of commissioned marine rank in the Defence Forces, and any grade of commissioned marine rank set out in the said third column before any other grade of commissioned marine rank shall be senior to such other grade.

(3) For the purposes of any enactment (being a Saorstát Éireann statute or an Act of the Oireachtas) including this Act every commissioned marine rank mentioned in the third column of the Table hereto shall be deemed to be a rank corresponding to the commissioned military rank respectively mentioned opposite thereto in the second column of the said Table, and references in any such enactment to a commissioned military rank corresponding to a commissioned marine rank shall be construed as including references to such commissioned marine rank.

TABLE OF COMMISSIONED RANKS.