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. The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Criminal Procedure Bill during its passage through

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Hong Kong

* The

Criminal Procedure Ordinance 1899 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 Ca ...

Malaysia

*The

Criminal Procedure Code 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 ...

New Zealand

*The Criminal Procedure Act 2011 *The

Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 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 i ...

Republic of Ireland

*The Criminal Procedure Act 2010 *The

Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2007 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 o ...

*The

Criminal Procedure Act, 1993 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 Can ...

*The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1973 *The

Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 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 Ca ...

South Africa

*The

Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, 1917 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 Ca ...

(No 31) *The

Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, 1917, Amendment Act 1927 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 Can ...

(No 7) *The

Criminal Procedure and Jurors Amendment Act 1954 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 Can ...

(No 21) *The

Criminal Procedure and Evidence Amendment Act 1955 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 Can ...

(No 29) *The

Criminal Procedure Act, 1955 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 Can ...

(No 56) *The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1958 (No 9) *The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1963 (No 92) *The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1965 (No 96) *The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1968 (No 9) *The Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (No 51) *The Criminal Procedure Matters Amendment Act, 1978 *The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1979 *The

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1982 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 Ca ...

*The

Criminal Procedure Matters Amendment Act, 1984 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 Ca ...

*The

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1986 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 Ca ...

*The

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1987 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...

*The

Law of Evidence and the Criminal Procedure Act Amendment Act, 1987 Law is a set of rules that are created and are law enforcement, enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. ...

*The

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1989 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...

*The

Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Act Amendment Act, 1989 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 Ca ...

*The

Criminal Procedure 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 Ca ...

*The

Criminal Procedure Second Amendment Act, 1995 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 Ca ...

*The

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1996 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...

*The Criminal Procedure Second Amendment Act, 1996 *The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1997 *The

Criminal Procedure Second Amendment Act, 1997 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 Ca ...

*The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2001 *The

Criminal Procedure Second Amendment Act, 2001 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 Ca ...

*The

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2003 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 Ca ...

*The

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2008 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 Can ...

United Kingdom

Applying to two or more of the three jurisdictions (England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland to 1922; E+W,S,NI after) *The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (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 1865 ( 28 & 29 Vict. c. 18), commonly known as Denman's Act,Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice. 1999. Paragraph 8-124 at page 1035 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This Act was retai ...

*The Criminal Procedure Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict c 100) *The

Criminal Procedure Act 1848 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 Can ...

(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 (c. 84) - also applies to Courts Martial elsewhere *The

Criminal Procedure (Right Of Reply) 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 o ...

(c. 34) *The

Criminal Procedure Act 1853 The Criminal Procedure Act 1853 ( 16 & 17 Vict. c. 30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It makes provision for the giving of evidence by prisoners otherwise than at their own trial. Preamble The preamble was repealed by the ...

(c. 30)

Scotland

*The Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 15) *The

Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004 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 o ...

(asp 5) *The

Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2002 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 i ...

(asp 4) *The

Criminal Procedure (Intermediate Diets) (Scotland) Act 1998 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 i ...

(c. 10) *The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) *The Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 40) *The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21) *The

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887 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 o ...

(c. 35) (repealed 1.4.1996) *The Criminal Procedure Act 1701 (c. 6)

Northern Ireland

*The

Criminal Procedure (Majority Verdicts) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 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 o ...

(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

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