Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996

CHAPTER 27 ROUTINE EVIDENCE, SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE AND PROOF OF PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS

Notices in relation to use of autopsy and forensic science reports

27.1.—(1) Any notice given by an accused under subsection (1) or (2) of section 281 of the Act of 1995 (routine evidence: autopsy and forensic science reports) shall be in writing and shall be given to the prosecutor.

(2) For the purposes of the application of section 281(1) of the Act of 1995 to any summary proceedings, an autopsy report shall not be treated as having been lodged as a production by the prosecutor unless it has been lodged as a production not later than 14 days before the date of the trial diet.

(3) For the purposes of the application of subsection (2) of section 281 of the Act of 1995 to any summary proceedings, the prosecutor shall intimate his intention in accordance with that subsection by serving a copy of the autopsy or forensic science report lodged by him on the accused or his solicitor with a notice of his intention not later than 14 days before the date of the trial diet.

Form of certificates in relation to certain evidence

27.2.  A certificate under any of the following provisions of the Act of 1995 shall be in Form 27.2:—

• section 283(1) (certificate as to time and place of video surveillance recordings),

• section 284(1) (certificate in relation to fingerprints),

• section 285(2) (certificate relating to previous convictions),

• section 285(4) (certificate relating to fingerprints),

• section 285(5) (certificate relating to fingerprints of previously convicted person).

Form of notice in relation to certain evidential certificates

27.3.  A notice under any of the following provisions of the Act of 1995 shall be in Form 27.3:—

• section 282(3) (notice not accepting evidence as to controlled drugs or medicinal products),

• section 283(2) (notice not accepting evidence as to video surveillance),

• section 284(2) (notice not accepting evidence in relation to fingerprints),

• section 286(1) (notice denying extract conviction applies to accused).