Part VIIMiscellaneous and General

Other miscellaneous provisions

74Alibi

1

Section 11 of the [1967 c. 80.] Criminal Justice Act 1967 (notice of alibi) shall cease to have effect, but subject to the following provisions of this section.

2

Subsection (1) does not affect the application of section 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 to proceedings before courts martial by virtue of section 12 of that Act.

3

The reference in section 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 to section 11 as it applies to proceedings on indictment shall be construed as a reference to it as it would apply to proceedings on indictment apart from subsection (1) of this section.

4

In section 9(6) of the [1987 c. 38.] Criminal Justice Act 1987 (disclosure in cases involving fraud) in paragraph (a) for the words “section 11 of the [1967 c. 80.] Criminal Justice Act 1967” there shall be substituted “section 5(7) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996”.

5

This section applies in relation to alleged offences into which no criminal investigation, within the meaning given by section 1(4), has begun before the day appointed under section 1(5).