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