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| (1) The Registrar shall make an entry of the verdict on the' indictment and shall then say to the jury the words following or words to the like effect : " Gentlemen of the jury : attend whilst your foreman signs your verdict. The finding of you (or of so many of you as the case may be) is that the prisoner A.B. is guilty" (or "not guilty"). |
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| (2) The foreman shall sign the verdict so entered and the verdict when so entered and signed, but not before, shall be final. |
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| (3) When by accident or mistake a wrong verdict is delivered the jury may before it is signed or immediately thereafter amend the verdict. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts