7. Section 419 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor, of the following subsection:
| " (1) At the conclusion of non summary proceedings under Chapter XV, it shall be the duty of the Magistrate to inquire from the accused person whether he agrees to make any admission of the facts in issue or facts relevant to the facts in issue including the identity of any person, matter or thing, the fact feat that an identification parade was held and that a particular witness identified a particular person at that parade, the fact that a particular matter or thing wag sealed in the presence of a particular person and forwarded to the Government Analyst for examination and analysis, the fact that a particular matter or thing sent to the Government Analyst for analysis and examination was returned by him to Court, after such examination and analysis the fact that a particular survey or sketch was made by a particular person, and if the accused person through his attorney-at-law, agrees to make any such admission, the Magistrate shall pre-pare a memorandum of the matters agreed and such memorandum shall be read over and explained to the accused in a language he understands. If the accused agrees that such memorandum is an accurate record of the admissions, he shall sign the memorandum and such memorandum shall be filed of record. The High Court shall when passing sentence on the accused person, have regard to the fact that he has made and admission under this section-". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts