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Requirements as to medical evidence. 50.(1) Of the medical practitioners whose evidence is taken into account under paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section forty-eight, at least one shall be a practitioner appointed... for the purposes of section nineteen. (2) For the purposes of the said paragraph (a) a report in writing purporting to be signed by a medical practitioner may, subject to the provisions of this section, be received in evidence without proof of the signature or qualifications of the practitioner; but the court may in any case require that the practitioner by whom such a report was signed be called to give oral evidence. (3) Where, in pursuance of directions of the court, any such report as aforesaid is tendered in evidence otherwise than by or on behalf of the accused, then (a)if the accused is represented by counsel or solicitor, a copy of the report shall be given to his counsel or solicitor; (b)if the accused is not so represented, the substance of the report shall be disclosed to the accused or, where he is a child or young person, to his parent or guardian if present in court; (c)in any case, the accused may require that the practitioner by whom the report was signed be called to give oral evidence, and evidence to rebut the evidence contained in the report may be called by or on behalf of the accused. (4) In relation to a child or young person brought before a juvenile court under [section ninety-four]... of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland), [1968], sub-section (3) shall have effect as if for references to the accused there were substituted references to the child or young person;...
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