The Gazette 1973

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS NOT APPLIED TO EMERGENCY LAWS (Contd. from page 94)

"A referendum would be required in order to abolish trial by jury in criminal cases because, it would involve an amendment of the Constitution. This would be most unlikely to secure a majority vote. It is, therefore, intolerable to see the quiet erosion of this constitutional right through the back door of the Special Criminal Court. It is to be hoped that either the Court itself will refuse to accept these cases or else that the constitu- tionality of the procedure will be challenged. "The recent amending Act allowed the belief of a Chief Superintendent to be evidence of membership of the I.R.A. This belief should not be accepted without a preliminary inquiry by the Special Criminal Court into whether there were adequate reasons for it. "If the Chief Superintendent pleads privilege and does not wish to reveal his sources, the minimum requirement should be that he would write down the names of his informants and the detailed evidence on which he bases this belief, so that the judges can assess whether it is based on sufficient evidence to be taken into account. "No court should admit evidence in the form of a belief not based on personal knowledge but on 'reports from confidential sources' as happened in the O Brad- aigh case. It is the responsibility of the judges to weigh

the evidence in coming to a decision. They cannot weigh a belief based on secret knowledge hidden from them." —The Irish Times (3 February 1973) "The Income Tax Acts" The SIXTH SUPPLEMENT to the loose-leaf volume 'The Income Tax Ac t s" has now been published — price 2 7 J p (postage 5 J p ex t r a ). The Supplement embodies the amendments made by the Finance Act, 1972. Available from the Government Publications Sale Office, G.P.O. Arcade, Dublin 1.

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