Act of Adjournal (Consolidation) 1988

PART IIPROCEDURE AT TRIAL

Form of oaths to jurors

69.—(1) Where the clerk of court administers the oath to the jury in pursuance of the provisions of section 135, he shall do so in accordance with the form set out in Part I of Form 33 of Schedule 1.

(2) In the case of any juror who elects to affirm, the clerk shall administer the affirmation in accordance with the form set out in Part 2 of that Form.

(3) The oath or the affirmation so administered shall be treated as having been administered in common form for the purposes of section 135.

Forms of oaths to witnesses

70.—(1) Where the judge administers the oath to a witness, he shall do so in accordance with the form set out in Part 3 of Form 33 of Schedule 1.

(2) In the case of any witness who elects to affirm, the judge shall administer the affirmation in accordance with the form set out in Part 4 of that Form.

(3) The oath or the affirmation so administered shall be treated as having been administered in common form.

Restrictions on report of proceedings involving a person under 16

71.—(1) Any direction made by a court under sub-paragraph (i) of the proviso to section 169(1) shall specify the person in respect of whom the direction is made.

(2) Any direction made by a court under sub-paragraph (ii) of the proviso to the said section shall specify the person in respect of whom the direction is made and the extent to which the provisions of the section are dispensed with in relation to that person.

(3) Any such direction shall be pronounced in open court and its terms shall be recorded in the record of proceedings, and the direction as so recorded shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding judge.

Notice of use of autopsy and forensic science reports in evidence

72.  Any notice given by an accused under section 26(6) of the 1980 Act shall be in writing and shall be given to the prosecutor.

Use of transcript of judicial examination

73.—(1) The record made under section 20B of proceedings at the examination of an accused shall be received in evidence in accordance with section 151(1) by means of the clerk of court, subject to paragraph (2), reading the record of those proceedings to the jury.

(2) The clerk of court shall not read to the jury such part of the record as the court refuses to allow to be read to the jury on an application under section 151(2).

(3) The presiding judge may, if he thinks fit, direct that copies of such part of the record as has been read to the jury shall be made available to them together with copies of any written record of a confession allegedly made and received by the accused under section 20A(1)(b).