Criminal Law Amendment Act (with its many variations) is a stock

short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster system, Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title an ...

used for legislation in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Canada, India, Pakistan and South Africa which amends 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 Amendment Bill during its passage through Parliament. Criminal Law Amendment Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which amends the criminal law. In the United Kingdom, it is a term of art. See also

Criminal Justice Act Criminal Justice Act (with its many variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Canada, Malaysia, Ireland and the United Kingdom relating to the criminal law (including both substantive and procedural aspects of that law). It tends t ...

and Criminal Law Act.

List

United Kingdom

*The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1867 ( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 35) *The

Criminal Law Amendment Act 1871 The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 32) was an Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by William Ewart Gladstone, W. E. Gladstone's Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Government. It was ...

( 34 & 35 Vict. c. 32) *The

Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 ( 48 & 49 Vict. c. 69), or "An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the suppression of brothels, and other purposes," was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the la ...

( 48 & 49 Vict. c. 69), an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which raised the age of consent, delineated the penalties for sexual offences against women and minors and strengthened existing legislation against brothels *The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912 ( 2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 20) (repealed for England and Wales by the

Sexual Offences Act 1956 The Sexual Offences Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 69) is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated the English criminal law relating to sexual offences between 1957 and 2004. It was mostly repealed (from 1 ...

, s.51 & Sch.4; and for Scotland by the

Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 Sex is the trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes. Sex, SEX or sexual may also refer to: *Sexual intercourse, a sexual activity Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Sex'' (1920 f ...

, s.21(2) & Sch.2) The Criminal Law Amendment Acts 1885 to 1912 means the

and the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912.

Northern Ireland

*The Criminal Law Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 (c. 8) (N.I.) *The Criminal Law and Prevention of Crime (Amendment) Act 1930 (c. 3) (N.I.) The Criminal Law Amendment Acts (Northern Ireland) *The Criminal Law Amendment Acts (Northern Ireland) 1885 to 1923 means the Criminal Law Amendment Acts 1885 to 1912 and the Criminal Law Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 (to the extent to which they apply to Northern Ireland). *The Criminal Law Amendment Acts (Northern Ireland) 1885 to 1930 means the Criminal Law Amendment Acts (Northern Ireland) 1885 to 1923, and section one of the Criminal Law and Prevention of Crime (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1930. Criminal Law (Amendment) Order An

Orders in Council An Order in Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms. In the United Kingdom, this legislation is formally made in the name of the monarch by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council ('' ...

with this title has been passed. The change in nomenclature is due to the demise of the

Parliament of Northern Ireland The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended because of its inability to restore ord ...

and the imposition of

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. This orders is considered to be

primary legislation Primary legislation and secondary legislation (the latter also called delegated legislation or subordinate legislation) are two forms of law, created respectively by the legislative and executive branches of governments in representative democ ...

. *The Criminal Law (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (

SI 1977 This is an incomplete list of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom in 1977. Statutory instruments 1-499 1–99 * Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regulations 1977 (SI 1977/8) * City of Edinburgh and West Lothian Districts ( ...

/1249 (N.I. 16))

Republic of Ireland

*The

Criminal Law Amendment Act 1935 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane ...

(No.6)

Canada

*The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69 (S.C. 1968–69, c. 38)* an Act of Parliament of Canada whose provisions included, among other things, the decriminalization of homosexual acts between consenting adults, the legalization of contraception, abortion and lotteries, new gun ownership restrictions ... *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2001 (2002, c.13

India

*The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 (Act No.32) *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1938 (Act No.20) *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1961 (Act No.23) *The Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Act, 1983 (Act No. 46) *The

Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (popularly known as Nirbhaya Act) is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013, which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code, Indian Evi ...

(No. 10) *The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 (No. 22)

Pakistan

*The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2004 *The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2010 *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No.73)

South Africa

*The Riotous Assemblies and Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1914 (No. 27 of 1914) *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1953 (No. 8 of 1953) *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1959 (No. 16 of 1959) *The

Criminal Law Further Amendment Act, 1959 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane ...

(No. 75 of 1959) *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1983 (No. 59 of 1983) *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1988 (No. 1 of 1988) *The Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Act Amendment Act, 1989 (No. 39 of 1989) *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1990 (No. 107 of 1990) *The

Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1991 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane ...

(No. 135 of 1991) *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1992 (No. 4 of 1992) *The

Criminal Law Second Amendment Act, 1992 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Cane ...

(No. 126 of 1992) *The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 105 of 1997) *The

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007; also referred to as the Sexual Offences Act) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that reformed and codified the law relating to sex offence ...

(No. 32 of 2007) *The Criminal Law (Sentencing) Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 38 of 2007) *The Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, 2010 (No. 6 of 2010) *The Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act, 2013 (No. 37 of 2013)

References

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