SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 36Further minor and consequential amendments
Part 5Evidence
Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (c. 18)
79
In 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.
Criminal Evidence Act 1898 (c. 36)
80
In 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.
Army Act 1955 (c. 18)
I181
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)
I282
F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52)
I484
F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)
85
1
Section 74 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (conviction as evidence of commission of offence) is amended as follows.
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.