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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 5

Decision on preliminary enquiry.

5.(1) The court shall, after considering

(a)the documents referred to in section 2(2)(a) and (c) and the statements
admitted in evidence under section 3(1);

(b)any written depositions;

(c)the exhibits;

(d)any submissions made under section 4(1); and

(e)the statement of the accused made and signed under section 4(3),

(2) If the court discharges the accused in accordance with the provisions of
section 45 of the Act of 1964, the court shall read aloud the contents of
every written statement admitted in evidence; and where the contents of the
written statements are so read out an order made under section 51(2) of
the Act of 1964 shall not apply to the evidence contained in those statements.


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