http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/59/schedule/4/paragraph/6Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975An Act to create extra-territorial offences under the law of Northern Ireland, to amend as respects those and other offences the criminal law of Northern Ireland, to provide for obtaining evidence in Northern Ireland for the trial of offences in the Republic of Ireland and to amend the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965, the Explosive Substances Act 1883 and the law about the prosecution of offences.1978-06-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2023-01-19Expert Participation2022-10-17 SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 4 Examination of Witnesses Out of CourtPart II Examination in Republic of Ireland to Assist Court in Northern Ireland Admissibility of statement of evidence61A statement of evidence of a witness taken in compliance with the letter of request shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, be admissible in the proceedings for which the letter of request was issued as evidence of any fact stated therein of which evidence by the witness would be admissible if given in the course of those proceedings.2The statement shall be so admissible if—aall the members of the court were present throughout the taking of the evidence, andbthe statement was certified by the judge of the High Court in the Republic of Ireland who took it to be a true and accurate statement of the evidence so taken.3A document purporting to be such a certificate and to be signed by the said judge shall be deemed to be such a certificate and to be so signed unless the contrary is shown.
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