Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
					| 
						Ss. 1-49 | 
					
						7 June 1940 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 50 | 
					
						3 September 1939 | 
					Commenced as per s. 50(2) | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 51-58 | 
					
						7 June 1940 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
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						Schs. 1-6 | 
					
						7 June 1940 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						Rep. | 
					18/1954, s.9, sch. 1 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
					| 
						S. 4(1) | 
					Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1940 (State of Emergency) Order 1940 (S.I. No. 163 of 1940) | 
				
			
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						S. 4(2) | 
					Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1940 (State of Emergency) Order, 1940 (Revocation) Order 1946 (S.I. No. 284 of 1946) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 12 | 
					Defence Forces (Billeting During a Period of Emergency) Regulations, 1940 and 1941 (Revocation) Regulations 1946 (S.I. No. 282 of 1946) | 
				
			
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					Defence Forces (Billeting During a Period of Emergency) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1941 (S.I. No. 194 of 1941) | 
				
			
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					Defence Forces (Billeting During a Period of Emergency) (Amendment) Regulations 1941 (S.I. No. 79 of 1941) | 
				
			
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					Defence Forces (Billeting During a Period of Emergency) Regulations 1940 (S.I. No. 267 of 1940) |