Paragraph 61 I1

Article 75 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (confessions of mentally handicapped persons) is amended as follows.

In paragraph (1) after “indictment” there is inserted “ with a jury ”.

In paragraph (2) after “indictment” there is inserted “ with a jury ”.

After paragraph (2) there is inserted—

“(2A)

In any case where at the trial on indictment without a jury of a person for an offence it appears to the court that a warning under paragraph (1) would be required if the trial were with a jury, the court shall treat the case as one in which there is a special need for caution before convicting the accused on his confession.”