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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (MAJORITY VERDICTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 1

1.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the verdict of a
jury in criminal proceedings need not be unanimous if ten of the jurors agree
on the verdict and a verdict so agreed upon is in this section referred to as
"a majority verdict".

(2) A court shall not accept a majority verdict of guilty unless the foreman
of the jury has stated in open court the number of jurors who respectively
agreed to and dissented from the verdict.

(3) A court shall not accept a majority verdict unless it appears to the court
that the jury have had not less than two hours for deliberation or such longer
period as the court thinks reasonable having regard to the nature and
complexity of the case.

(4) This section shall not extend to the trial of

(a)any offence for which the court is required, upon the conviction of the
accused, to sentence him to death;

(b)an offence upon which an accused person was arraigned before the
commencement of this Act.

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