[2017.] Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017. [No. 11.] Evidence in proceedings for offences outside State 11. (1) In any proceedings relating to a relevant offence in circumstances in which section 10 applies— (a) a certificate that is signed by an officer of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and stating that a passport was issued by the Minister to a person on a specified date, and (b) a certificate that is signed by an officer of the Minister and stating that, to the best of the officer’s knowledge and belief, the person has not ceased to be an Irish citizen, shall be evidence that the person was an Irish citizen on the date on which the relevant offence concerned is alleged to have been committed, unless the contrary is shown. (2) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (1)(a) or (b) is deemed, unless the contrary is shown— (a) to be such a certificate, and (b) to have been signed by the person purporting to have signed it. Double jeopardy 12. (1) Where a person has been acquitted of an offence in a place outside the State, he or she shall not be proceeded against for a relevant offence consisting of the alleged act or acts constituting the first-mentioned offence. (2) Where a person has been convicted of an offence in a place outside the State, he or she shall not be proceeded against for a relevant offence consisting of the act or acts constituting the first-mentioned offence. Amendment of Criminal Damage Act 1991 13. The Criminal Damage Act 1991 is amended— (a) in subsection (1) of section 1— (i) in the definition of “to damage”— (I) in paragraph (a), by the deletion of “other than data (but including a storage medium in which data are kept)”, and (II) by the deletion of paragraph (b), (ii) by the deletion of the definition of “data”, and (iii) in the definition of “property”, by the deletion of paragraph (b), (b) by the deletion of section 5, (c) in subsection (2) of section 6, by the deletion of paragraph (b), (d) in section 7— 9

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