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Hong Kong

* The Criminal Procedure Ordinance 1899

Malaysia

*The Criminal Procedure Code

New Zealand

*The Criminal Procedure Act 2011 *The Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003

Republic of Ireland

*The

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*The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2007 *The Criminal Procedure Act, 1993 *The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1973 *The Criminal Procedure Act, 1967

South Africa

United Kingdom

Applying to two or more of the three jurisdictions (England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland to 1922; E+W,S,NI after) *The

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(c. 25) *The Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 (c. 69) *The Criminal Procedure Act 1865 ( 28 & 29 Vict. c. 18) or Denman's Act *The Criminal Procedure Act 1851 ( 14 & 15 Vict. c. 100) *The Criminal Procedure Act 1848 ( 11 & 12 Vict. c. 46)

England and Wales

*The Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25) *The

Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally begins with a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or ...

(c. 84) - also applies to Courts Martial elsewhere *The Criminal Procedure (Right Of Reply) Act 1964 (c. 34) *The Criminal Procedure Act 1853 (c. 30)

Scotland

*The Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 15) *The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 5) *The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 4) *The Criminal Procedure (Intermediate Diets) (Scotland) Act 1998 (c. 10) *The

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally begins with a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or ...

(c. 46) *The

Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally begins with a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or ...

(c. 40) *The

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally begins with a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or ...

(c. 21) *The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887 (c. 35) (repealed 1 April 1996) *The

Criminal Procedure Act 1701 ''Habeas corpus'' (; from Medieval Latin, ) is a legal procedure invoking the jurisdiction of a court to review the unlawful detention or imprisonment of an individual, and request the individual's custodian (usually a prison official) to ...

(c. 6)

Northern Ireland

*The Criminal Procedure (Majority Verdicts) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 37) (N.I.)

References

*Charles W H Lansdown and E F Van der Riet, assisted by G N Dock. Judicial Interpretations of the South African Criminal Procedure Acts, 1917-1955. Juta & Co Ltd. Cape Town. 1956. *J Kane. Handbook of Amended Criminal Procedure Acts. Wallachs. Pretoria. 1935. {{UK legislation Lists of legislation by short title Criminal law of the United Kingdom