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The title of this Act is: . An Act to make fresh provision for extradition; to amend the rules of evidence in criminal proceedings; to provide for the reference by the Attorney General of certain questions relating to sentencing to the Court of Appeal; to amend the law with regard to the jurisdiction and powers of criminal courts, the collection, enforcement and remission of fines imposed by ...
Common assault is an offence in English law.It is committed by a person who causes another person to apprehend the immediate use of unlawful violence by the defendant.In England and Wales, the penalty and mode of trial for this offence is provided by section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
The Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) The Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71) The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 1981 (c. 27) The Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38) The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (c. 5) The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)
The weapons this section applies to relate to are listed under Schedule 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988. [11] Exemptions are provided for weapons over 100 years old from the time of the offence [12] as well as crossbows and anything under the Firearms Act 1968. [9]
This means that sections 227 and 228 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (which relate to extended sentences) apply where a person is convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, committed after the commencement of section 227 or 228 (as the case may be) and the court considers that there is a significant risk to members of the public of ...
In England and Wales, battery is a summary offence under section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. However, by virtue of section 40, it can be tried on indictment where another indictable offence is also charged which is founded on the same facts or together with which it forms part of a series of offences of similar character.
In some cases an offence may be triable only summarily because the amount of money at issue is small (section 22 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980), or an offence that can normally be tried only summarily may nonetheless be tried on indictment along with other offences that are themselves indictable (Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 ...
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 provides a power for a Constable to use reasonable force when they are lawfully using a power under the same act. [89] The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 further clarified the use of force as per the above, but also reiterated force may still be reasonable if it was influenced by an honestly ...