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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, the Republic of Ireland and the United...
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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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    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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  • 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 c. 99) (repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 1948, s.83(3) & Sch.10, Pt.I) The Penal Servitude Act 1857 (20 & 21...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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    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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    Prevention of Crimes Act 1871. Part of this section was repealed (in England and Wales only) by the Criminal Attempts Act 1981. The Vagrancy Act 1898 prohibited...
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  • Act 1861, section 4 (as amended by section 5(10)(b) of the Criminal Law Act 1977). "Offences Against the Person Act 1861". The Criminal Justice Act 1948...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes significant changes in many areas of...
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    the Criminal Law Act 1997. This section is modified by section 3 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898, section 42(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 and...
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    The Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1), sometimes referred to as the Act of Supremacy 1559, is an act of the Parliament of England, which replaced...
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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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    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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  • be construed as a reference to a sentence of imprisonment: The Criminal Justice Act 1948, section 1(1). A registered medical practitioner who terminates...
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    words from Section 1 by the Criminal Justice Act 1948 and Sections 2 to 6 in their entirety by the Statute Law Revision Act 1964 – there are no remaining...
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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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  • 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. 43), section 32(1) For...
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    Penal Servitude Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict c 69), section 1(1); the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo 6 c 58), section 1(1) R v Buck and Buck, 44 Cr App...
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    163 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. It was formerly created by each of the following provisions in turn: The Criminal Justice Act 1948, section 13...
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    the hands of politicians and into those of the College of Justice. On 18 December 1707 the Act for better Securing the Duties of East India Goods was passed...
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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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    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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    Criminal Justice Act 2007 applies to detention in connection with the following offences: [...] Murder to which Section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act...
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