Criminal Procedure Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation relating to criminal procedure in the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions influenced by English common law.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Criminal Procedure Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Criminal Procedure Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to criminal procedure.
Applying to two or more of the three jurisdictions (England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland to 1922; E+W,S,NI after)