Section 112 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, as amended by section 65 of the Act of 1968, provides for the offence of knowingly being carried in a stolen car. Where a member of the Garda Síochána has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is committing or has committed an offence under section 112, he may arrest the person without warrant.
A person found guilty of this offence shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €2,500 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment and on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €10,000 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment