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Substitution of section 48 of Act of 2001.
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126.— The following section is substituted for section 48 of the Act of 2001:
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“Inadmissibility of certain evidence.
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48.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), no evidence shall be admissible in any court in respect of—
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(a) any acceptance by a child of responsibility for criminal or anti-social behaviour in respect of which the child has been admitted to the Programme,
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(b) that behaviour, or
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(c) the child’s involvement in the Programme.
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(2) Where a court is considering the sentence (if any) to be imposed in respect of an offence committed by a child after the child’s admission to the Programme, the prosecution may inform it of any of the matters referred to in subsection (1).
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(3) Subsection (2) applies, with the necessary modifications, in relation to a child who has attained the age of 18 years.”.
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