Rule 47 Preservation of depositions where indictable offence is dealt with summarilyF1
Northern Ireland
Where a person charged with an indictable offence has been tried summarily under Article 45 of the Order by a district judge (magistrates’ courts), the clerk of petty sessions shall preserve for a period of at least three years such depositions as have been taken F2or admitted.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Rule 47 substituted (31.10.2016) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rules 1, 3(10); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)
- F2
Words in rule 47 inserted (17.10.2022) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/218), rules 1, 3(11) (with rule 2); S.R. 2022/221, art. 2(a)