Murder Charge in UK Law
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Offences Against the Person Act 1861
... ... Homicide ... Murder. 1 Murder ... Whosoever shall be convicted of Murder shall suffer ... caused, but it shall be sufficient in any Indictment for Murder to charge that the ... Defendant did feloniously, wilfully, and of his Malice ... ...
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Homicide Act 1957
... ... of the law relating to homicide and the trial and punishment of murder, and for Scotland amendments of the law relating to the trial and ... being a party to the killing ... (2) On a charge of murder, it shall be for the defence to prove ... that the person ... ...
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Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965
... ... (3) For the purpose of any proceedings on or subsequent to a person’s trial on a charge of capital murder, that charge and any plea or finding of guilty of capital murder shall be treated as being or having been a charge, or a plea or ... ...
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Coroners and Justice Act 2009
... ... 6) ... Part 2: Criminal offences ... Partial defence to murder: diminished responsibility ... 52: Persons suffering from diminished ... (5) On a charge of murder, if sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue with ... ...
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Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973
... ... 1: Punishment for murder ... (1) No person shall suffer death for murder and a person convicted ... of any proceedings on or subsequent to a person’s trial on a charge of capital murder, that charge and any plea or finding of guilty of ... ...
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Criminal Law Act 1967
... ... charged (or some other offence of which the accused might on that charge be found guilty) was committed, but find the accused not guilty of it, ... (2) On an indictment for murder a person found not guilty of murder may be found guilty—(a) of ... ...
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Domestic Abuse Act 2021
... ... (3) The Commissioner may charge a person for providing the person with advice or assistance under ... (2) The offences to which subsection (1) applies are—(a) murder;(b) manslaughter;(c) an offence under section 18, 20 or 47 of the Offences ... ...
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Poor Prisoners' Defence Act 1930
... ... any person committed for trial upon a charge of ... murder; and ... ) may grant a defence certificate in respect of any ... ...
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Modern Slavery Act 2015
... ... be detained—(a) until a decision is taken as to whether or not to charge P with the offence,(b) if P has been charged, until P is acquitted, the ... 3 in force at 31.7.2015 by S.I. 2015/1476, reg. 2(i) ... (4) Murder ... Annotations: Commencement Information # I58 Sch. 4 para. 4 in force ... ...
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International Criminal Court Act 2001
... ... (b) if the person is on bail in England and Wales, to the officer in charge of the police station at which he is required to surrender to custody ... (5) A person convicted of—(a) an offence involving murder, or(b) an offence ancillary to an offence involving murder,shall be dealt ... ...
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