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upset the complicated balance, by shifting the onus of
proof, or by removing the right not to incriminate oneself,
that we may upset the entire mechanism of this delicate
balance which is favouring the criminal now but which
operated in the other direction in the 18th century. No
one wants that but, let us look at this delicate balance.
In 1968 the persons responsible for committing 8,877
indictable crimes went 'Scot-Free' without ever reaching a
Court hearing. Indeed most of them did not reach the
stage of being invited to a Garda Station.
In 1971 the number of crimes for which the culprits
went 'Scot'Free' more than doubled to 20,263.
In 1975 it increased to 27,367 and in 1977 it escalated
to 38,507 and none of these figures include acquittals in
Court, which averaged about 6%. Lest you think, as I'm
sure many of you are thinking, that this is due to a
deterioration in Garda efficiency I must hasten to point
out that last year the Garda detected 25,281 crimes, that
is 2,117 more crimes then were committed altogether in
1968.
No, the balance is not delicate, it is critically ill.
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Printing or Publication of
Newspapers
Mergers, Take-overs and Monopolies
(Control) Act 1978
The attention of members is drawn to the fact that by
virtue of the Mergers, Take-overs and Monopolies
(Newspapers) Order 1979 (Statutory Instrument No. 17
of 1979) the Mergers, Take-overs and Monopolies
(Control) Act 1978 applies to any merger or take-over
involving enterprises at least one of which is engaged in
the
printing or publication
of newspapers regardless of the
turnover or gross assets of either of the enterprises
concerned.
It should be noted that 'Newspaper' means any
periodical consisting substantially of news and comment
on current affairs, excluding newspapers intended for
circulation only to members of a particular trade,
profession or occupation.
The effect of the very wide ranging provisions of the
Order is to bring within the ambit of the Mergers Act a
merger or take-over involving any enterprises, no matter
how small and regardless of turnover or asset thresholds,
engaged in the printing or publication of newspapers.
Accordingly under Section 5 of the Act it is necessary
to notify the Minister for Industry, Commerce and
Energy of any proposed merger or take-over involving an
enterprise engaged in the printing or publication of a
newspaper. Under Section 3 of the Act the title to any
shares or assets concerned in the proposed merger or
take-over shall not pass until the Minister has indicated
that he does not propose to prohibit it, or that he has
made an order prohibiting it except on specified
conditions or a period of three months from date of
notification has elapsed without him having made an
order prohibiting it.
I NCOR P ORAT ED LAW SOCI ETY OF
I RELAND
The Succession Act
1965
by
William J. McGuire
The above book was published by the
Society in 1968 and has been out of print
for some time. The Society now proposes
publishing a 2nd revised edition.
Applications would be welcomed for the
position of Associate Editor of the revised
edition and should be addressed to:—
The Director General,
The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland,
Blackhall Place,
Dublin 7.
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