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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Article 37:
- Instrument am (prosp) by S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I.) arts.3(4) 25
- Instrument am (prosp) by S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I.) art.3(5) Sch.1
- Instrument am (prosp) by S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I.) art.5(2)
- Instrument mod (prosp) by 1994 c. 33 s. 91(3)
- Instrument revoked by 1998 c. 41 s.74(1)(3) Sch.12 para.5 Sch.14 Pt.I
- art. 37 applied by 2016 c. 18 (N.I.) s. 219(8)
- art. 37(3)(4) applied by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 13(3)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order associated Parts and Chapters:
- Act amended by 1996 c. 25 s.79 Sch.4 para 30
- Act amended by 1996 c. 25 s.79 Sch.4 para 30
- Order applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2018/1125 reg. 8 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S.I. 2018/1125, reg. 8 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), s. 4(3), Sch. 5 para. 4(4))
- Order power to modify conferred by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 24(5)(a) (see s 24(6))
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch.6 Pt.I paras.18 19 revoked by 1995 c. 21 s. 314(1) Sch.12 (Amendment could not be applied. The relevant affected text is not available on legislation.gov)
- Sch.6 Pt.I para.5 revoked by S.I. 1995/756 art.15 Sch.
- Sch. 6 Pt. 3 para. 170 repealed by S.I. 2007/916 (N.I.) Sch. 8 Pt. 1 (Amendment could not be applied. The relevant affected text is not available on legislation.gov)
- Sch. 6 para. 128-130 repealed by 2011 c. 15 (N.I.) Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (Amendment could not be applied. The relevant affected text is not available on legislation.gov)
- Sch. 6 para. 125 repealed by 2011 c. 16 (N.I.) Sch. 5 (Amendment could not be applied. The relevant affected text is not available on legislation.gov)
- Sch. 6 para. 144 repealed by 2006 c. 48 Sch. 15 Pt. 4 (Amendment could not be applied. The relevant affected text is not available on legislation.gov)
- Sch. 6 para. 21 repealed by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 11 para. 210 (Amendment could not be applied. The relevant affected text is not available on legislation.gov)
- Sch. 6 para. 25 repealed by 2013 c. 22 Sch. 11 para. 210 (Amendment could not be applied. The relevant affected text is not available on legislation.gov)
- art. 29A excluded by 1975 c. 59, s. 4(3) (as substituted) by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 7(6)
- art. 29A inserted by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 7(2)
- art. 34(1A)-(1E) inserted by 2015 c. 9 (N.I.) s. 8(2)
- art. 140(2ZA) inserted by 2016 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 10 para. 16
Discharge or committal for trialN.I.
37.—F1(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) Where the court conducting a preliminary inquiry is of opinion, after considering—
(a)the documents referred to in Article 32 (1) (b) (i) and (iii) and the statements admitted in evidence under Article 33 (1);
(b)any written depositions;
(c)the exhibits;
(d)any submissions made under Article 34 (1); and
(e)the statement of the accused made and signed under Article 34 (3),
that the evidence is sufficient to put the accused upon trial by jury for any indictable offence it shall commit him for trial; and if it is not of that opinion, it shall, if he is in custody for no cause other than the offence which is the subject of the inquiry, discharge him.
(3) The court may commit the accused for trial—
(a)in custody, that is to say, by committing him to[F2 custody] there to be kept until delivered in due course of law; or
(b)subject to Article 38, on bail, that is to say, by taking from him a recognizance conditioned for his appearance at the time and place of trial;
and may, if the accused is remanded in custody, certify in the prescribed manner its consent to the accused being released on bail until his trial and in that event shall fix the amount of the recognizance with a view to its being taken subsequently.
(4) Subject to Article 38, a magistrates' court upon an application by or on behalf of a person committed for trial, may release that person from prison, if he is in custody for no other cause, at any time before the first sitting of the court before which he is to be tried upon his entering into a recognizance pursuant to paragraph (3) (b).
(5) F3. . . magistrates' court rules may provide for the transmission to the court or trial of documents and exhibits connected with a preliminary F4... inquiry.
(6) If the court conducting the preliminary inquiry discharges the accused the court shall read aloud the contents of every written statement admitted in evidence; and where the contents of the written statements are so read out an order made under Article 44 (2) shall not apply to the evidence contained in those statements.
F1Art. 37(1) repealed (17.10.2022) by Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 4), s. 5(2), Sch. para. 8(3)(e); S.R. 2022/221, art. 2(d)
F3Words in art. 37(5) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 146, 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 68, Sch. 18 Pt. 3; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1
F4Words in art. 37(5) repealed (17.10.2022) by Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 4), s. 5(2), Sch. para. 8(3)(f); S.R. 2022/221, art. 2(d)
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