Criminal Justice Act

Criminal Justice Act may refer to:

United Kingdom:

• Criminal Justice Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 86), an Act that provided for probation of offenders (repealed), amended the jurisdiction of courts (repealed), and created and amended various criminal provisions. Mostly repealed. Currently only provisions relating to company prosecution and the offences of passport forgery, unlawful possession of pension documents, and taking photographs in courts, are remained.
• Criminal Justice Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2 c. 39), an Act that updated sentencing options for juvenile offenders (repealed) and the transfer of prisoners throughout the United Kingdom (repealed). Mostly repealed.
• Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), an Act that covered criminal proceedings, sentencing powers of courts (repealed), treatment of offenders (including the abolition of prison corporal punishment) (repealed), legal aid (repealed), prohibited the possession and transferral of shotguns (repealed) and made various miscellaneous amendments. Mostly repealed except in relation to provision of proofs of criminal intent, proof by written statement, and the offences of providing false written statement and drunkenness in public place.
• Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), an Act that provided for certain non-imprisonment sentencing options for courts (repealed) and the qualification of jury service (repealed). Act also made miscellaneous amendments. Mostly repealed except the Attorney General's power to appeal for reference of point of law.
• Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), an Act that updated sentencing options for courts (repealed), and also first introduced the standard scale for fines in England and Wales (and made consequential amendments to other enactments) (repealed). Mostly repealed.
• Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38), an Act that established the Serious Fraud Office and provided for its powers. Act also empowered Crown Courts to order preparatory hearing without having the case to be heard before a Magistrates' court, and fixed the maximum term of imprisonment for conspiracy to defraud to be 14 years.
• Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), an Act that updated the law on extradition (repealed), allowed certain documentary, hearsay, and other forms evidence, provided for the Attorney General's power to appeal for sentencing review, the confiscation of criminal assets (repealed) and compensation for miscarriage of justice. Act also created the offence of torture and some other offensive weapons offences and made miscellaneous amendments.
• Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), an Act that updated sentencing options for courts (repealed), the early release of prisoners and children rights, made special provisions and amended previous legislation related to children in the criminal justice system, and allowed the operation of private contracted-out prisons.
• Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36), an Act that extended British criminal jurisdiction on certain white-collar offences and criminalized insider dealing and repealed the Company Securities (Insider Dealing) Act 1985 (c. 8). Act also made provisions for criminal asset dealing (repealed), and amended the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c. 32), Criminal Justice Act 1988 and Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24) (repealed).
• Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), an Act that allowed using conditional cautions to deal with confessing suspects, alternative ways to institute criminal charges, using direct live link in trial and the admission of bad-character and some more hearsay evidence. Act also codified the duty to disclose for prosecutors, provided for bench trial for serious fraud cases (repealed) or jury tampering cases, prosecution appeal, retrial notwithstanding double jeopardy for serious offences, sentencing provisions (mostly repealed), and finally miscellaneous amendments to legislation.

Malaysia:

• Criminal Justice Ordinance, 1953 [F.M. Ordinance 14/1953], an ordinance enacted by the Federal Legislative Council of Malaya that abolished certain punishments and set life imprisonment as imprisonment for 20 years (later increased to 30 years). Later revised in Malaysia as Criminal Justice Act 1953 [Act 345].