Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

Part VII U.K. Documentary Evidence in Criminal Proceedings

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. VII modified (2.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2370, rule 27(2), Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 18(a)

Pt. VII modified (2.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2371, rule 27(2), Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 18(a)

Pt. VII modified (2.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2372, rule 27(2), Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 18(a)

68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 68 repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 170(2), Sch. 16

F2 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 69 repealed (14.4.2000) by 1999 c. 23, ss. 60, 67(3), Sch. 6; S.I. 2000/1034, art. 2(c), Sch.

F3 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 70 repealed (14.4.2000) by 1999 c. 23, s. 67(3), Sch. 6; S.I. 2000/1034, art. 2(c), Sch.

71 Microfilm copies. U.K.

In any proceedings the contents of a document may (whether or not the document is still in existence) be proved by the production of an enlargement of a microfilm copy of that document or of the material part of it, authenticated in such manner as the court may approve.

[F4 Where the proceedings concerned are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect with the omission of the words “authenticated in such manner as the court may approve.”]

Extent Information

E1 S. 71 extends to England and Wales only with exceptions as regards courts martial, see s. 120(1)(6)-(8)

Textual Amendments

F4 Words at the end of s. 71 inserted (4.7.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 39 and S.I. 1997/683, art. 1(2)) by 1996 c. 25, s. 47, Sch. 1 Pt. II para.24 (with s. 78(1))

72 Part VII—supplementary. U.K.

(1) In this Part of this Act—

• [F5 “copy”, in relation to a document, means anything onto which information recorded in the document has been copied, by whatever means and whether directly or indirectly, and “statement” means any representation of fact, however made; and]

• “proceedings” means criminal proceedings, including—

(a) proceedings in the United Kingdom or elsewhere before a court-martial constituted under the M1 Army Act 1955 [F6 , the M2 Air Force Act 1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957];

(b) proceedings in the United Kingdom or elsewhere before the Courts-Martial Appeal Court—

(i) on an appeal from a court-martial so constituted F7 . . .; or

(ii) on a reference under section 34 of the M3 Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968; and

(c) proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court.

(2) Nothing in this Part of this Act shall prejudice any power of a court to exclude evidence (whether by preventing questions from being put or otherwise) at its discretion.

Extent Information

E2 S. 72 extends to England and Wales only with exceptions as regards courts martial, see s. 120(1)(6)-(8)

Textual Amendments

F5 Definitions of "copy" and "statement" in s. 72(1) substituted (31.1.1997) by 1995 c. 38, s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 9(2) (with ss. 1(3), 6(4)(5), 14); S.I. 1996/3217, art. 2

F6 Words in s. 72(1)(a) substituted (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 46, s. 5, Sch. 1 Pt. IV para. 106(a); S.I. 1997/304, art.2 (with savings in art. 3(1)(3) and transitional provisions in art. 4, Sch. 2 para. 1)

F7 Words in s. 72(1)(b)(ii) repealed (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 46, s. 5, 35(2), Sch. 1 Pt. IV para. 106(b), Sch. 7 Pt.I; S.I. 1997/304, art.2 (with savings in art. 3(1)(3) and transitional provisions in art. 4, Sch. 2 para. 1)

Marginal Citations

M1 1955 c. 18.

M2 1957 c. 53.

M3 1968 c. 20.