Criminal Justice Act, 1999
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Amendment of section 3 of Offences against the State (Amendment) Act, 1998. |
24.— Section 3 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act, 1998 , is hereby amended— | |
(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5): | ||
“(5) A notice under subsection (1) or under paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (2) shall be given in writing to the solicitor for the prosecution.”, | ||
(b) in subsection (7) by the substitution of the following for paragraph (a): | ||
“(a) the period of fourteen days after the date the accused is, in accordance with section 4B (1) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , served with the documents mentioned in that section, or”, | ||
(c) in subsection (7) by the deletion of paragraph (b), and | ||
(d) in subsection (7) by the substitution of the following for paragraph (c): | ||
“(c) where the accused, on being sent forward for sentence, changes his or her plea to not guilty, the period of fourteen days after the date the accused is, in accordance with section 13 (4)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , served with the documents mentioned in section 4B (1) of that Act, or”. |