Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 17:

In page 5, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:

"(2) An accused person is presumed to be fit to be tried unless the contrary is shown.".

I propose this amendment purely in the interests of certainty. The Minister should have little difficulty accepting it as it is not contrary to the policy behind the Bill. I merely want to make it clear that all persons will be presumed fit for trial until the matter of sanity is raised and adjudicated on.