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INTERNMENT ORDER
HEREAS it appears to me, on the recommendation of the Chief
Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, that for securing the
preservation of the peace and the maintenance of the order in
Northern Ireland, it is expedient that
PAT McGUIGAN, SONGWRITER
who is suspected of having acted or being about to act in a manner
prejudicial to the preservation of the peace and the maintenance
of order in Northern Ireland, should be interned.
NOW I, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BRIAN FAULKNER, Minister of
Home Affairs for Northern Ireland, by virtue of the powers
invested in me by the Cival Authorities (Special Powers) Act
(Northern Ireland) 1922, and the Regulations made thereunder, and
of all other powers me thereunto enabling, DO HEREBY ORDER the
said
PAT McGUIGAN
forthwith to be interned in
MAGILLIGAN CAMP
and to be subject to all the rules and restrictions applicable to
persons there interned, and to be kept interned there until
further order.
If the said PAT McGUIGAN
desires to make any representations against this Order of
Internment he may, after a copy of this Order is served on him,
hand in a statement of such representations to the official in
charge where he is interned, and that official shall forthwith
forward such representations to the Advisory Committee specially
appointed for the purposes of Regulation 12 of the said
Regulations/which is presided over by a person who holds or has
held high judicial office, or is a Recorder of County Court Judge,
or a practising barrister of at least ten years' standing/for the
due consideration of such representations by that Committee.
Dated this 16th day of JANUARY, 1972
BRIAN FAULKNER
MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
The Special Powers Act-Northern Ireland Under the Act the Authorities are empowered to:
1. Arrest without warrant.
2. Imprison without charge or trial and deny recourse to habeus corpus or a court of law.
3. Enter and search homes without warrant, and with force, at any hour of day or night.
4. Declare a curfew and prohibit meetings, assemblies (including fairs and markets) and
processions.
5. Permit punishment by flogging.
6. Deny claim to a trial by jury.
7. Arrest persons it is desired to examine as witnesses, forcibly detain them and compel
them to answer questions, under penalties, even if answers may incriminate them.
Such person is guilty of an offence if he refuses to be sworn or answer a question.
8. Do any act involving interference with the rights of private property.
9. Prevent access of relatives or legal advisers to a person imprisoned without trial.
10. Prohibit the holding of an inquest after a prisoner's death.
11. Arrest a person who "by word of mouth" spreads false reports or makes
fake statements.
12. Prohibit the circulation of any newspaper.
13. Prohibit the possession of any film or gramophone record.
14. Arrest a person who does anything "calculated to be prejudicial to the
preservation of peace of maintenance of order in Northern Ireland and not
specifically provided for in the regulations.