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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.
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 ...
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]
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.
As Governor Roy Cooper prepares to depart the Executive Mansion, criminal justice advocates are urging him to make use of his broadest set of powers: the ability to grant clemency for state crimes.
Initially restraint orders were introduced only in relation to suspected drugs offences, but restraint orders for other types of offence were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 1988. Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 the same procedures apply in both drugs and non-drugs cases.