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The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

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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.

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