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    The Criminal Justice Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implemented several widespread reforms of...
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  • Criminal Justice Act (with its many variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Canada, Malaysia, Ireland and the United Kingdom relating...
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    of a law which had previously appeared in the Criminal Justice Act 1925 and the Criminal Justice Act 1948. Section 13 removed the requirement for unanimous...
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    The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The title of this Act is: An Act to make fresh provision for...
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    of the Criminal Justice Act 1948. "Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 1952". 3 May 2023. "Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 1952". Education...
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    in whole or in part, under section 70 of the Criminal Justice Act 1948). Section 31 of the Forfeiture Act also abolished the final incarnation of the punishment...
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    of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 and section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 and section 11(2) of the Criminal Law Act 1997. Sections...
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    the twentieth century and it was abolished altogether in the Criminal Justice Act, 1948 (zi & z2 GEo. 6. CH. 58.), whereby whipping and flogging were...
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    Statute Law Revision Act 1948, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978. Ruffhead, Owen (1763), "Act of Supremacy 1558", The...
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    by the Criminal Justice Act 1948, and replaced with imprisonment.) The Attempted Rape Act was repealed and replaced by the Sexual Offences Act 1956, which...
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  • Penal Servitude Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 99) (repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 1948, s.83(3) & Sch.10, Pt.I) The Penal Servitude Act 1857 (20 & 21...
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    duration. It must now be read subject to section 1(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948. Sentences of penal servitude were served in convict prisons and...
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    This Act has effect as if section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and section 80 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 were contained in this act. This...
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    Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c.100), section 57; the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo.6 c.58), section 1(1) The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c...
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    The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 55) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 1 was repealed by the Statute...
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    The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62) is an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Most of the act's provisions were merely a consolidation...
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  • Grievous bodily harm (category English criminal law)
    1861 Act was amended in 2004 to update the formulation. Penal servitude was abolished by the Criminal Justice Act 1948 and the Criminal Justice Act (Northern...
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    following provisions in turn: The Criminal Justice Act 1948, section 13. Only applied to felony. The Criminal Law Act 1967, section 7(3). Only applied...
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    Peeresses Act 1441 or Trial of Peeresses Act 1442 The whole Act was repealed by section 81 of, and Part III of Schedule 10 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1948. The...
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  • section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948. A person guilty of an offence under section 11(1) of the European Communities Act 1972 (i.e. perjury before...
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    duration. It must now be read subject to section 1(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948. Sentences of penal servitude were served in convict prisons and...
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    Wales by section 83(3) of, and Part I of Schedule 10 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1948: In sections 1 to 10, 14 to 21, 23, 26 to 33, 42 to 48 and 50...
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    Within the criminal justice system of Japan, there exist three basic features that characterize its operations. First, the institutions—police, government...
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    (Central Criminal Court 5 October 2023), Text. The Treason Act 1842, section 2; the Penal Servitude Act 1857, section 2; the Criminal Justice Act 1948, section...
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  • a provision adopted by Home Secretary James Chuter Ede in the Criminal Justice Act 1948. He was knighted in 1939 and fought with the RAF during World...
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  • end were repealed for England and Wales by section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948. The text of this section is slightly different in Northern Ireland...
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    Treason Felony Act 1848, section 3; the Penal Servitude Act 1857, section 2; the Criminal Justice Act 1948, section 1(1); the Criminal Justice Act (Northern...
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    appointed by and reporting to the Home Secretary. Thereafter, the Criminal Justice Act 1948 transferred ownership of the hospital to the Department of Health...
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    law reforms were also carried out by Attlee's government. The Criminal Justice Act 1948 provided for new methods to deal with offenders, and abolished...
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  • peers was abolished when the Lords added an amendment to the Criminal Justice Act 1948, which the Commons accepted. Now peers are tried by juries composed...
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