Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851

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Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851 [1]
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to amend the Law relating to the Expences of Prosecutions, and to make further Provision for the Apprehension and Trial of Offenders, in certain Cases.
Citation 14 & 15 Vict. c. 55
Dates
Royal assent 1 August 1851
Other legislation
Amended by

The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 55) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

Sections 1 to 3

Section 1 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

Section 2 was repealed by section 10 of, and the Schedule to, the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1908.

Section 3 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

Section 4

This section repealed section 26 of the Criminal Law Act 1826 (7 Geo. 4. c. 64). It was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

Sections 5 to 17

Sections 5 to 8 were repealed by section 10 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Sections 9 to 11 were repealed by section 20(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 5 to, the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962.

Section 12 was repealed by section 132 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.

Section 13 was repealed by section 10 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 14 was repealed by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Middlesex Sessions Act 1874.

Sections 15 and 16 were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1950.

Section 17 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

Section 18 - Indorsement of warrants in the Channel Islands

...the Bailiffs of Jersey and Guernsey respectively, or in their absence the lieutenant bailiffs of such islands respectively, within their respective bailiwicks or jurisdictions, the judge of Alderney, or in his absence any jurat of such island, within such island, and the seneschal of Sark, or in his absence his deputy, within such island, shall have all such power and authority to indorse warrants as by the said Acts respectively is given or expressed or intended to be given to any officer of such isles having jurisdiction to issue any warrant or process in the nature of a warrant for the apprehension of offenders, and for such purpose shall have authority to administer an oath; and all the provisions of the said Acts shall be construed as if the officers authorised to indorse warrants by this enactment had been so authorised by the said section of the Indictable Offences Act 1848.

The words at the start were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1892.

"The said Acts"

This expression refers to section 13 of the Indictable Offences Act 1848 and the former section 3 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1848. [2]

"The said section of the Indictable Offences Act 1848"

This expression refers to section 13 of that Act. [3]

See also Bailiff of Jersey and Bailiff of Guernsey.

Sections 19 to 25

Section 19 was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Sections 20 and 21 were repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1892.

Section 22 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1875.

Sections 23 to 25 were repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

See also

Criminal Justice Act

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References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896
  2. Halsbury's Statutes
  3. Halsbury's Statutes