Criminal Justice Act 1967 (Version in vigour from 2015-05-26 to )
| Currency | Unapplied prospective |
| Coming into Force | 26 May 2015 |
| commencementStatus | In Force |
Criminal Justice Act 1967
1967 CHAPTER 80
An Act to amend the law relating to the proceedings of criminal courts, including the law relating to evidence, and to the qualification of jurors, in such proceedings and to appeals in criminal cases; to reform existing methods and provide new methods of dealing with offenders; to make further provision for the treatment of offenders, the management of prisons and other institutions and the arrest of offenders unlawfully at large; to make further provision with respect to legal aid and advice in criminal proceedings; to amend the law relating to firearms and ammunition; to alter the penalties which may be imposed for certain offences; and for connected purposes.
[27th July 1967]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1
Act amended (E.W.) (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2684, arts. 2(1), 4, 5, Sch.1
C2
By 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.
C3
Act applied (with modifications) (23.12.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2
Extent Information
E1
For the extent of this Act see s. 106
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F1
Amendments (Textual)
F1
Ss. 1–6, 19, 24, 26, 28–30, 44, 44A,45, 56(4), 94, repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 9
Amendments (Textual)
F2
S. 7 repealed (4.7.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 2 para. 7 of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 25, ss. 68, 80, Sch. 2 paras. 6(2), 7, Sch. 5 para. 11 (with s. 78(1)); S.I. 1997/683, art. 1(2)
A court or jury, in determining whether a person has committed an offence,—
(a)
shall not be bound in law to infer that he intended or foresaw a result of his actions by reason only of its being a natural and probable consequence of those actions; but
(b)
shall decide whether he did intend or foresee that result by reference to all the evidence, drawing such inferences from the evidence as appear proper in the circumstances.
(1)
In any criminal proceedings
F3
, other than committal proceedings under sections 4 to 6 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980,
a written statement by any person shall, if such of the conditions mentioned in the next following subsection as are applicable are satisfied, be admissible as evidence to the like extent as oral evidence to the like effect by that person.
(2)
The said conditions are—
(a)
the statement purports to be signed by the person who made it;
(b)
the statement contains a declaration by that person to the effect that it is true to the best of his knowledge and belief and that he made the statement knowing that, if it were tendered in evidence, he would be liable to prosecution if he wilfully stated in it anything which he knew to be false or did not believe to be true;
(c)
before the hearing at which the statement is tendered in evidence, a copy of the statement is served, by or on behalf of the party proposing to tender it, on each of the other parties to the proceedings; and
(d)
none of the other parties or their solicitors,
F4
within the relevant period
, serves a notice on the party so proposing objecting to the statement being tendered in evidence under this section:
Provided that the conditions mentioned in paragraphs (
c
) and (
d
) of this subsection shall not apply if the parties agree before or during the hearing that the statement shall be so tendered.
(2A)
F5
For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), “the relevant period” is—
(a)
such number of days, which may not be less than seven, from...
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