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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 8

Facts to be stated in open court on plea of guilty.

8.(1) Where an accused who has been committed for trial under the provisions
of section 5 pleads guilty on arraignment to any count in the indictment
preferred against him, the prosecutor shall, unless the judge otherwise
directs, before the accused is sentenced in respect of the offence charged in
that count, state in open court sufficient of the facts upon which that count
is based as will make known the identity of the accused, and the nature and
gravity of the offence charged in that count.

(2) The failure of the prosecutor to comply, or adequately to comply, with the
provisions of subsection (1) shall not affect the validity of any sentence
passed upon the accused.

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