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The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a wide-ranging measure introduced to modernise many areas of the criminal justice system in England and Wales and, to a lesser extent, in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Large portions of the act were repealed and replaced by the Sentencing Act 2020. [4]
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 provides for seven statutory gateways. [9] Evidence of a defendant's bad character is admissible on if - all parties to the proceedings agree to the evidence being admissible, the evidence is adduced by the defendant himself or is given in answer to a question asked by him in cross-examination and intended to ...
The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 (No.16) The Criminal Justice (Illicit Traffic by Sea) Act 2003 (No.18) The Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Act 2003 (No.34) The Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004 (No.20) The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (No.2) The Criminal Justice Act 2006 (No.26)
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 defines hearsay as statements "not made in oral evidence in the proceedings" being used "as evidence of any matter stated". [17] If the statements are being used for purposes other than serving "as evidence of any matter stated", they are not covered by the definition of hearsay in the 2003 Act. [18]
In a criminal case, the peremptory pleas are the plea of autrefois convict, the plea of autrefois acquit, and the plea of pardon. The former two refer to cases of double jeopardy . A plea of " autrefois convict " ( Law French for "previously convicted") is one in which the defendant claims to have been previously convicted of the same offense ...
Part of English law for over 800 years, it was partially abolished in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 where, following demand for change, serious offences may be re-tried following an acquittal if new and compelling evidence is found, and if the trial is found to be in the public's interest. [4]
In England and Wales, the imprisonment for public protection (IPP; Welsh: carcharu er mwyn diogelu'r cyhoedd) [1] sentence was a form of indeterminate sentence introduced by section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (with effect from 2005) by the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, and abolished in 2012. It was intended to protect the public ...
The principle was recognised in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 Section 166 (3)(b). [2] Sentencing guidelines are contained within the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, which states that the application of the principle are within the management of the Sentencing Council, applied along with the Offences Taken into Consideration (TICs). [3]