Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981

Trials of juveniles.

5.—Where a person charged with a rape offence is tried for that offence summarily in pursuance of the Summary Jurisdiction over Children (Ireland) Act, 1884, as amended by section 133 (6) of the Children Act, 1908, and section 28 of the Children Act, 1941 (which provides for the summary trial in certain cases of persons under the age of 17 years who are charged with indictable offences)—

(a) sections 2 (2) and 3 (2) (b) shall have effect as if for the references to the jury there were substituted references to the court,

(b) section 3 (2) (a) shall have effect as if the words “in the absence of the jury” were omitted, and

(c) section 3 , subsections (3) and (4) of section 7 and subsections (2), (4) and (5) of section 8 shall have effect as if for the references to the judge there were substituted references to the court.