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79E+WIn section 6 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (witness’s conviction for offence may be proved if not admitted)—
(a)for “A witness may be” there is substituted “ If, upon a witness being lawfully ”;
(b)the words “and upon being so questioned, if” are omitted.
80E+WIn section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 (defendant as witness)—
(a)at the beginning of subsection (2) there is inserted “ Subject to section 101 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (admissibility of evidence of defendant’s bad character), ”;
(b)subsection (3) is omitted.
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 36 paras. 81-84 repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), 378(2), 383, {Sch. 17}; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 36 para. 81 wholly in force at 4.4.2005; Sch. 36 para. 81 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 336(3); Sch. 36 para. 81 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2005 by S.I. 2004/3033, art. 4; Sch. 36 para. 81 in force in so far as not already in force at 4.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 43(b) (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)
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Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 36 paras. 81-84 repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), 378(2), 383, {Sch. 17}; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 36 para. 82 wholly in force at 4.4.2005; Sch. 36 para. 82 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 336(3); Sch. 39 para. 82 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2005 by S.I. 2004/3033, art. 4; Sch. 36 para. 82 in force in so far as not already in force at 4.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 43(b) (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)
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Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 36 paras. 81-84 repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), 378(2), 383, {Sch. 17}; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 36 para. 83 wholly in force at 4.4.2005; Sch. 36 para. 83 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 336(3); Sch. 36 para. 83 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2005 by S.I. 2004/3033, art. 4; Sch. 36 para. 83 in force in so far as not already in force at 4.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 43(b) (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)
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Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 36 paras. 81-84 repealed (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), 378(2), 383, {Sch. 17}; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 36 para. 84 wholly in force at 4.4.2005; Sch. 36 para. 84 not in force at Royal Assent, see. s. 336(3); Sch. 36 para. 84 in force for certain purposes at 1.1.2005 by S.I. 2005/3033, art. 4; Sch. 36 para. 84 in force in so far as not already in force at 4.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 43(b) (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)
85(1)Section 74 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (conviction as evidence of commission of offence) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (1) (commission of offence by non-defendant) for the words from “, where to do so” to “committed that offence” there is substituted “ that that person committed that offence, where evidence of his having done so is admissible ”.
(3)In subsection (3) (commission of offence by defendant) the words from “in so far” to “he is charged,” are omitted.