Criminal Law Act
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Criminal Law Act is a stock short title
used for legislation
in the United Kingdom
, the Republic of Ireland
and Republic of Singapore relating to the criminal law (including both substantive and procedural aspects of that law). It tends to be used for Acts that do not have a single cohesive subject matter.
The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Criminal Law Bill during its passage through Parliament
.
Criminal Law Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to the criminal law. It is not a term of art.
See also Criminal Justice Act
and Criminal Law Amendment Act
.
Short title
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...
used for legislation
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
and Republic of Singapore relating to the criminal law (including both substantive and procedural aspects of that law). It tends to be used for Acts that do not have a single cohesive subject matter.
The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Criminal Law Bill during its passage through Parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
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Criminal Law Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to the criminal law. It is not a term of art.
See also Criminal Justice Act
Criminal Justice Act
Criminal Justice Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Canada relating to the criminal law...
and Criminal Law Amendment Act
Criminal Law Amendment Act
Criminal Law Amendment Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Canada, India and South Africa which amends the criminal law...
.
United Kingdom
- The Criminal Law Act 1826Criminal Law Act 1826The Criminal Law Act 1826 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a consolidation Act. It consolidated a large number of Acts relating to criminal procedure...
(7 Geo.4 c.64) - The Criminal Law Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo.4 c.28)(Repealed by the Criminal Law Act 1967, s.10(2) & Sch.3, Pt.III)
- The Criminal Law Act 1967Criminal Law Act 1967The Criminal Law Act 1967 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. However, with some minor exceptions, it generally applies to only England and Wales. It made some major changes to English criminal law...
(c.58) - The Criminal Law Act 1977Criminal Law Act 1977The Criminal Law Act 1977 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Most of it only applies to England and Wales. It is mainly significant because it defines the offence of conspiracy in English law...
(c.45)
Scotland
- The Criminal Law (Scotland) Act 1830 (11 Geo.4 & 1 Will.4 c.37)
- The Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995The Criminal Law Act 1995 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to consolidate certain enactments creating offences and relating to the criminal law of Scotland.-Incest and related offences:...
(c.39)
Republic of Ireland
- The Criminal Law (Juridiction) Act 1976 (No.14)
- The Criminal Law Act 1976 (No.32)
- The Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 (No.10)
- The Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 (No.32)
- The Criminal Law (Suicide) Act 1993 (No.11)
- The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 (No.20)
- The Criminal Law (Incest Proceedings) Act 1995 (No.12)
- The Criminal Law Act 1997 (No.14)
- The Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 (No.11)
- The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006The Criminal Law Act 2006 is an Act of the Oireachtas which was passed to plug the hole left by the Supreme Court decision in CC v. Ireland which struck down as unconstitutional a seventy year old provision on statutory rape...
(No.15) - The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Act 2007 (No.6)
- The Criminal Law (Human Traffiking) Act 2008 (No.8)
Republic of Singapore
- The Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act