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[F1Session and Chapter | Short Title | Extent of Repeal |
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1587 c. 54. | The Jurors Act 1587. | Section 10. |
1587 c. 57. | The Criminal Justice Act 1587. | Sections 10 and 11. |
1672 c. 40. | The Courts Act 1672. | Section 3. |
Section 8. | ||
Section 10. | ||
1693 c. 43. | The Criminal Procedure Act 1693. | The whole Act. |
1701 c. 6. | The Criminal Procedure Act 1701. | The words from “Our Sovereign” to “void and null”. |
54 Geo. 3. c. 67. | The Justiciary Courts (Scotland) Act 1814. | Sections 1 to 4. |
6 Geo. 4. c. 22. | The Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825. | Sections 8 and 9. |
In section 14, the proviso. | ||
Sections 15 and 16. | ||
Section 17, so far as relating to criminal trials. | ||
Section 18. | ||
Section 20. | ||
7 Geo. 4. c. 8. | The Juries (Scotland) Act 1826. | Sections 4 and 5 so far as relating to returns to criminal courts. |
9 Geo. 4. c. 29. | The Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1828. | Section 2. |
Section 5. | ||
Section 7. | ||
Section 10. | ||
Section 12. | ||
Section 14. | ||
Section 17. | ||
Section 21. | ||
Section 23. | ||
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4. c. 37. | The Criminal Law (Scotland) Act 1830. | Section 8. |
Section 12. | ||
1 & 2 Vict. c. 119. | The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1838. | Section 25. |
3 & 4 Vict. c. 59. | The Evidence (Scotland) Act 1840. | Sections 1, 3 and 4 so far as relating to criminal proceedings. |
11 & 12 Vict. c. 79. | The Justiciary (Scotland) Act 1848. | Section 4. |
Section 7. | ||
Sections 11 and 12. | ||
15 & 16 Vict. c. 27. | The Evidence (Scotland) Act 1852. | Sections 1, 3 and 4 so far as relating to criminal proceedings. |
16 & 17 Vict. c. 80. | The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1853. | Section 34. |
31 & 32 Vict. c. 95. | The Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Act 1868. | Section 1. |
Section 10. | ||
Section 16. | ||
Section 18. | ||
50 & 51 Vict. c. 35. | The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887. | Sections 1 and 2. |
In section 3, the words from “and all indictments” to the end of the section. | ||
Sections 4 to 44. | ||
Sections 47 to 76. | ||
51 & 52 Vict. c. 36. | The Bail (Scotland) Act 1888. | The whole Act. |
61 & 62 Vict. c. 36. | The Criminal Evidence Act 1898. | The whole Act, except so far as relating to courts-martial. |
7 Edw. 7. c. 51. | The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907. | Section 4 so far as relating to criminal proceedings. |
8 Edw. 7. c. 65. | The Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1908. | Section 2. |
Section 10. | ||
Section 19(3) and (5). | ||
Section 30. | ||
Section 43. | ||
Sections 45 to 47. | ||
Section 77. | ||
6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 50. | The Larceny Act 1916. | Section 39(2) and (3). |
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 71. | The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919. | Sections 1 and 4(2) so far as relating to criminal proceedings. |
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 50. | The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1921. | The whole Act. |
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 81. | The Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925. | The whole Act |
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 15. | The Criminal Appeal (Scotland) Act 1926. | Sections 1 to 3. |
In section 4(1), the first and second sentences. | ||
Sections 5 to 18. | ||
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 41. | The Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933. | Section 19. |
Section 21. | ||
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 37. | The Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937. | Sections 24 and 25. |
Sections 39 to 45. | ||
Section 46 so far as relating to criminal proceedings. | ||
Sections 47 to 55. | ||
Section 57(1) and (2). | ||
Section 58. | ||
Section 58A(1). | ||
Section 59(2), (3) and (4). | ||
Section 63. | ||
Section 67. | ||
Section 103. | ||
Schedule 1. | ||
3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 42. | The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940. | Section 8. |
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 94. | The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949. | Part I, except sections 21 and 42. |
Section 67. | ||
Section 79(2). | ||
Schedule 2. | ||
In Schedule 11, the entries relating to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887 and the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (other than section 62 thereof). | ||
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 48. | The Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954. | Sections 1 to 73. |
In section 74, in subsection (1), the first sentence, and subsection (2). | ||
Section 75. | ||
Section 76(1)(a), (b) and (c). | ||
Section 77, except for the definition of “High Court”. | ||
Section 78. | ||
Schedule 1. | ||
Schedule 4. | ||
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 23. | The First Offenders (Scotland) Act 1960. | The whole Act. |
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 61. | The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960. | Sections 54 and 55. |
Section 57(1) to (4). | ||
Section 59(1). | ||
Section 60(1), (2) and (4). | ||
Sections 62 and 63. | ||
Section 96(5). | ||
In Schedule 4, the entry relating to the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949. | ||
1963 c. 37. | The Children and Young Persons Act 1963. | In section 57, subsection (2) and, in subsection (4), the words “and 54”. |
1963 c. 39. | The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963. | Section 1. |
Section 2(2). | ||
Section 3. | ||
Sections 6 to 8. | ||
Section 13. | ||
Sections 16 and 17. | ||
Sections 23 to 25. | ||
Section 26(1). | ||
Sections 27 to 47. | ||
In section 53(1), the words “sections 39 and 40”. | ||
In section 53(3), the words “section 38”. | ||
In Schedule 1, paragraphs 4 to 10. | ||
In Schedule 3, Part I. | ||
In Schedule 5, the entries relating to the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 and the First Offenders (Scotland) Act 1960. | ||
1965 c. 39. | The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1965. | The whole Act. |
1965 c. 71. | The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965. | Section 1(1), (2), (3) and (5) except so far as relating to courts-martial. |
1966 c. 19. | The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1966. | Section 9. |
1967 c. 80. | The Criminal Justice Act 1967. | Section 48(1). |
Section 54(6) and (8). | ||
Section 62(8). | ||
Section 64(2)(c). | ||
Section 68. | ||
Section 72(1) to (4). | ||
Section 93(3). | ||
In Schedule 6, paragraph 21. | ||
1968 c. 49. | The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. | Section 56, except subsection (5). |
Section 57(1). | ||
In Schedule 2, in Part I, in paragraph 2, the words “(except in section 54)”. | ||
In Schedule 2, Part II, except in paragraph 16, section 58A(2) and (3) of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937, and paragraphs 7 and 18. | ||
In Schedule 8, paragraphs 1, 22 to 31, 55, 56 and 69 to 72. | ||
1969 c. 54. | The Children and Young Persons Act 1969. | In Schedule 5, paragraphs 25, 26, 67 and 68. |
In Schedule 5, in paragraph 65(2), the words “and 13”. | ||
1972 c. 71. | The Criminal Justice Act 1972. | Section 23. |
1973 c. 62. | The Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973. | In section 53, the words from “or under” to “1949”. |
In section 58(a), the word “53”. | ||
In Schedule 5, paragraphs 3, 8, 11, 18 and 19. | ||
1973 c. 65. | The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. | In Schedule 27, paragraphs 6, 7 and 15.] |
Textual Amendments
F1Act repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 40), s. 6(1), Sch. 5 (with ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 3 paras. 3, 16, Sch. 6)
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