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Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c.71)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Criminal Justice Act 1972

1972 CHAPTER 71

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Powers for Dealing With Offenders

    1. 1—5... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Restitution orders

      1. 6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 7—21... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. Other powers

      1. 22.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 23.

      3. 24. Driving disqualification where vehicle used for purposes of crime

  2. Part II

    1. 25—27... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    Miscellaneous Provisions

    1. 28. Punishment for firearms offences

    2. 29. Possession of firearms by persons convicted of crime in Northern Ireland

    3. 30.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 31. Punishment for certain offences of Sunday trading

    5. 32. Punishment for use of premises in breach of closing order

    6. 33. Extension of definition of “public place” in Public Order Act 1936

    7. 34. Power of constable to take drunken offender to treatment centre

    8. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. 36. Reference to Court of Appeal of point of law following acquittal on indictment

    10. 37.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    11. 38.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. 39.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    13. 40.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    14. 41.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    15. 42.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    16. 43.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    17. 44, 45... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    18. 46. Admissibility of written statements made outside England and Wales

    19. 47. Summary trial of certain offences of arson

    20. 48. Proceedings under Indecency with Children Act 1960

    21. 49.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    22. 50.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    23. 51. Execution of process between England and Wales and Scotland

  4. Part IV

    Administrative Provisions

    1. 52—57... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 58. Amendment of Police (Property) Act 1897

    3. 59. Abolition of duty to re-convey certain prisons to local authorities

    4. 60. Power of entry in connection with acquisition of land for prisons

    5. 61, 62... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  5. Part V

    Supplementary

    1. 63.†Powers of Parliament of Northern Ireland

    2. 64. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

    3. 65. Expenses and receipts

    4. 66. Citation, interpretation, commencement and extent

  6. SCHEDULE 1

  7. SCHEDULE 2

  8. SCHEDULE 3

  9. SCHEDULE 4

  10. SCHEDULE 5

    MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

  11. SCHEDULE 6

    REPEALS

An Act to make further provision with respect to the administration of criminal justice, the criminal courts and the penal system, and to the methods of dealing with offenders (including the provision of new methods); to amend the law about qualification for jury service, the summoning of jurors and the payment of allowances in respect of jury service; to increase the penalties for certain offences and amend section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968 and section 9 of the Public Order Act 1936; and for purposes connected with those matters.

[26th October 1972]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(1), Sch. 12 para.23; S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch.1 it is provided (14.10.1991) that in relation to any time before the commencement of s.70 of that 1991 Act (which came into force on 1.10.1992 by S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2) references in any enactment amended by that 1991 Act, to youth courts shall be construed as references to juvenile courts.