S.I. No. 182/2016 - Offences Against the State Acts 1939 to 1998 Special Criminal Court No. 1 Rules 2016

YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED TO APPEAR before this Court at ........................................... on the ............................. day of ................................ 20 ........... at .............................. [a.m.] [p.m.] to be charged with and tried (summarily) (on indictment) for the said offence(s)*.

SCHEDULE

By Order of the Court.

Dated this ............... day of ........................................................

Signed ..................................................

Registrar

Special Criminal Court No. 1

To ............................ of........................................

the above-named Defendant.

*Delete where inapplicable

FORM 18

Rule 18(2)

OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE ACTS 1939 to 1998

SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURT NO. 1

WARRANT FOR ARREST OF DEFENDANT

(failure to appear on summons)

• (Title)

To the Superintendent, Garda Síochána, at............................................................

WHEREAS............................................. of ........................................................ (address and description) has been duly served with a summons to appear as a Defendant before this Court at................................... at ............. [a.m.] [p.m.] on the ............................. day of ......................................................... 20............................, to be charged with the offence(s)* set out in the Schedule hereunder;

AND WHEREAS the said ........................................ failed to appear at the time and place aforesaid;

THIS IS THEREFORE TO COMMAND YOU to whom this warrant is addressed to apprehend the said.................................. of............................................... and to bring him/her without undue delay before this Court to be charged with the said offence(s)*.

SCHEDULE

By Order of the Court.

Dated this ................ day of .................................... 20....

Signed............................................................

Registrar

Special Criminal Court No. 1

*Delete where inapplicable

FORM 19

Rule 36

OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE ACTS 1939 to 1998

SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURT NO. 1

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ADDUCE EVIDENCE AS TO MENTAL CONDITION (SECTION 19, CRIMINAL LAW (INSANITY) ACT 2006)

• (Title)

WHEREAS the above-named accused was on the ............................. day of ......................................................... 20........ asked how he/she wished to plead to the charge of the offence(s)* of

TAKE NOTICE that the defence intends to adduce evidence as to the mental condition of the accused in the proceedings for the said offence(s)*.

Dated this ........... day of ................................ 20.....

Signed..................................

Accused/Solicitor for the accused

To: Director of Public Prosecutions

and to: The Registrar, Special Criminal Court No. 1

*Delete where inapplicable

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Rules, which annul and replace the Offences Against the State Acts 1939 to 1972, Special Criminal Court Rules 1975 and the Offences Against The State Acts 1939 to 1998 (Special Criminal Court Rules) 2001, regulate practice and procedure in the Special Criminal Court established by the Government on the 30th May, 1972, under the Offences against the State Acts 1939 to 1998.