8. Section 420 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| (a) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (2) of that section ; and |
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| (b) by the insertion immediately before the renumbered subsection (2), of the following new subsection :
| | " (1) At the commencement of every summary prosecution or trial on indictment, it shall be the duty of court to inquire from the accused person whether he agrees to make any admissions of the facts in issue or facts relevant to the facts in issue including the identity of any person, matter or thing, the fact 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 was 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, court shall record such admission. The court shall, when passing sentence on the accused person have regard to the fact that he has made an admission under this section." | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts