James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Amendments Nos. 25 and 26 are grouped. Amendment No. 25 provides for the rewording of section 15(3) which provides that a relevant offence that is punishable exclusively on summary conviction under enactments may be proceeded against under the other enactment only to avoid the possibility of the imposition of a higher penalty than would otherwise apply when the legislative offence was committed. Amendment No. 26 deletes section 15(2) on the basis of advice we have received from the Office of the Attorney General. The inclusion of this subsection is not needed as none of the provisions of this Bill would apply to such unsworn evidence in the first place and therefore this subsection serves no purpose and is not required.