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| | DEFENCE ACT, 1954 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Trusting in your fidelity to Ireland and loyalty to the Constitution and reposing special confidence in your courage, honour, good conduct, and intelligence, I,................................................, the President of Ireland, hereby, on the advice of the Government, constitute and appoint you to be an officer in the part of the Defence Forces known as..............................................................................* as from the.............................................................. |
 | | You will yourself observe and obey without question such lawful orders and directions as you shall from time to time receive from the Minister for Defence or from any of your superior officers. |
 | | GIVEN under the Official Seal of the President |
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