Criminal Justice Act 1948

1948 CHAPTER 58 11 and 12 Geo 6

An Act to abolish penal servitude, hard labour, prison divisions and sentence of whipping; to amend the law relating to the probation of offenders, and otherwise to reform existing methods and provide new methods of dealing with offenders and persons liable to imprisonment; to amend the law relating to the proceedings of criminal courts, including the law relating to evidence before such courts; to abolish privilege of peerage in criminal proceedings; to regulate the management of prisons and other institutions and the treatment of offenders and other persons committed to custody; to re–enact certain enactments relating to the matters aforesaid; and for purposes connected therewith.

[30th July 1948]