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The Criminal Justice Act 1967 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1967

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SCHEDULE 1PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE 1ST OCTOBER 1967

Provisions of the ActSubject matter of provisions.
Section 7Signature of depositions.
Section 8Proof of criminal intent.
Section 13Majority verdicts of juries in criminal proceedings.
Section 14Disqualification of ex-prisoners from serving on juries in criminal proceedings.
Section 15Validation of verdict where juror disqualified.
Section 16Continuation of exemption from jury service at criminal trials.
Section 17Entry of verdict of not guilty by order of a judge.
Section 25Restrictions on issue of search warrants under Obscene Publications Act 1959.
Section 26Restrictions on passing sentence in the absence of the defendant.
Section 27Summary trial of certain offences under the Forgery Act 1913.
Section 28Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts to try offences.
Section 29Plea by a corporation before a magistrates' court.
Section 30Period of adjournment under sections 14 and 26 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.
Section 33Taking and use of finger-prints and palm-prints.
Section 34Committal of persons under twenty-one accused of extradition crimes, etc.
Section 35Examining justices.
Section 36Interpretation.
Section 37Punishment of persistent offenders.
Section 38(1) to (5) and (7)Supplementary provisions as to persistent offenders.
Section 51Combination of disqualification and endorsement for motoring offences with probation orders and orders for discharge.
Section 52Duration of conditions of discharge.
Section 54Miscellaneous provisions as to probation orders.
Section 55Selection of probation officers.
Section 58Power to make recommendations for deportation.
Section 59Constitution and functions of Parole Board and local review committees.
Section 65Abolition of corporal punishment in prison.
Section 66(3) and (4)Miscellaneous amendments of the Prison Act 1952.
Section 67Computation of sentences of imprisonment passed in England and Wales.
Section 69Extension of enactments relating to persons sentenced to imprisonment or detention to young persons sentenced to detention.
Section 70Prisoner transferred from Scotland to England for security.
Section 71Exercise of powers of release.
Section 72Power of magistrates to issue warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients.
Section 94Abolition of fees in criminal proceedings in magistrates' courts.
Section 95Probation and after-care areas and committees.
Section 96Financial provisions about probation and after-care.
Section 97New provision as to appeal against sentence passed at assizes or quarter sessions.
Section 99Evidence with respect to offences punishable in Scotland.
Section 100Regulations, rules and orders.
Section 101Expenses.
Section 102Transitional provisions and savings.
Section 103Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
Section 104General provisions as to interpretation.
Section 105Northern Ireland.
Section 106(1) and (3) to (6)Short title, extent and commencement.
Schedule 2Provisions as to Parole Board and local review committees.
Schedule 5Transitional provisions and savings.
Paragraphs 4, 9 and 10 of Schedule 6Amendment of section 3(c) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1907 and sections 14(3) and 26(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.
So much of Parts I and III of Schedule 7 as is set out in the Appendix hereto.Repeals.

APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 1REPEALS TAKING EFFECT 1ST OCTOBER 1967

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
7 Edw. 7. c. 23.The Criminal Appeal Act 1907.Section 4(3).
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58.The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914.Section 27.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.The Criminal Justice Act 1948.

Section 5(2) and (3).

In section 9 (as substituted by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949), subsection (3) and in subsection (4) the words “to (3)”.

Section 20(5)(d).

Section 21.

Section 23.

Section 29(3)(d) and (5).

Section 38(3).

In Schedule 5, paragraph 4(2) and the proviso to paragraph 5(1).

15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52.The Prison Act 1952.

In section 5(2)(c), the words from “with particulars” to the end of the section.

Section 18.

Section 26.

In section 43, in subsection (3)(b), the words “subsection (1) of section eighteen”.

In section 49, the words “corrective training, preventive detention” in both places where they occur.

In section 52(2) the words from “and a draft” to “Act”, in the second place where it occurs.

15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.

Section 113(2).

In Schedule 4, the following headings and all entries therein, that is to say, “Committal for trial”, “Summary trial”, “Conviction”, “Examination”, “Extradition Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 60) s.5”, “Information” and “Recognizance”; in the heading “Attendance” the words “or to take an examination elsewhere than in court”; in the heading “Copy” the first two entries and the word “other” in the third entry; in the heading “Order” the entry beginning “Order in case”; in the heading “Summons” the words from “to include” to “time”; in the heading “Warrant”, in the entry beginning “To commit”, the words “conviction or” in both places where they occur; and in the Note the words “for re-swearing any person to any examination, or”.

5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 29.The Magistrates' Courts Act 1957.In proviso (iii) to section 1(2), the words from “and shall not” onwards.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72.The Mental Health Act 1959Section 69.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 15.The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962.

Section 17(2).

In Schedule 3, paragraph 3.

1963 c. 37.The Children and Young Persons Act 1963.In Schedule 1, paragraph 13.
1964 c. 42.The Administration of Justice Act 1964.Section 20.
1967 c. 58.The Criminal Law Act 1967.In Schedule 1, in Division II of List A, paragraph 5(c)(ii) and (iii).

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