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(3) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, Part XX of the Act applies with such modifications as the circumstances require to the empanelling of the jury referred to in subsection 745.61(5) of the Act and to the hearing of an application.
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(6) A certified copy of the transcript of the proceedings at the trial and sentencing of the applicant is admissible as evidence at the hearing of an application.
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(8) Where, at any time before the commencement of the hearing of an application, the presiding judge determines as a matter of law that subsection 745.6(1) of the Act does not apply to the applicant, the presiding judge shall dismiss the application with reasons.
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(9) Where, at any time after the commencement of the hearing of an application, the presiding judge determines as a matter of law that subsection 745.6(1) of the Act does not apply to the applicant, the presiding judge shall dismiss the application with reasons and discharge the jury.