There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Indictments Act 1915, Section 8.
(1)Nothing in this Act or the rules thereunder shall affect the law or practice relating to the jurisdiction of a court or the place where an accused person can be tried, nor prejudice or diminish in any respect the obligation to establish by evidence according to law any acts, omissions, or intentions which are legally necessary to constitute the offence with which the person accused is charged, nor otherwise affect the laws of evidence in criminal cases.
(2)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the expressio n “the court” means the court before which any indictable offence is tried or prosecuted.
(3)The provisions of this Act relating to indictments shall apply to . . . F1 any plea, replication, or other criminal pleading, with such modifications as may be made by rules under this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. III and Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), Sch. 13
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