Produced by the Office of the Attorney General
Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Number 2 of 1951.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1951.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Court.
2.
Summary trial of indictable offences.
3.
Procedure where accused pleads guilty in District Court to indictable offence.
4.
Punishment on summary conviction for certain indictable offences.
5.
Imposition of consecutive terms of imprisonment by District Court.
6.
Inclusion of summary offences in indictment.
7.
Restriction of section 10 (4) of Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851.
8.
Taking of other offences into consideration in awarding punishment.
9.
Deposition as evidence at trial.
10.
Obtaining by false pretences.
11.
Amendment of section 42 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861.
12.
Amendment of sections 51 and 52 of the Malicious Damage Act, 1861.
13.
Unlawful Possession.
14.
Release on bail in certain cases by members of Garda Síochána.
15.
Proceedings on arrest.
16.
Power of Circuit Court to release from recognisance.
17.
Recognisances by corporation.
18.
Exemption of Minister of State, the Attorney General and members of the Garda Síochána from liability to enter into recognisances.
19.
Transfer of trials by Circuit Court from place to place.
20.
Clearing of court and prohibition of reports of proceedings.
21.
Evidence of decision in cases of summary jurisdiction.
22.
Fiats, etc., of Attorney General to be admissble in evidence.
23.
Remission of punishment, forfeitures and disqualifications.
24.
Right of appeal from order of committal to industrial or reformatory school or Borstal Institution or place of detention.
25.
Disposal of property in possession of Garda Síochána.
26.
Repeals.
27.
Short Title.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Indictable Offences Which May Be Dealt With Summarily By the District Court.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
Enactments Repealed.
Acts Referred to
Treason Act, 1939
No. 10 of 1939
Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926
No. 45 of 1926
Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1942
No. 3 of 1942
Road Traffic Act, 1933
No. 11 of 1933
Plate Assay (Amendment) Act, 1931
No. 10 of 1931
Courts of Justice Act, 1924
No. 10 of 1924
Courts of Justice Act, 1926
No. 1 of 1926
Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1926
No. 18 of 1926
Courts of Justice Act, 1928
No. 15 of 1928
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935
No. 6 of 1935
Courts of Justice Act, 1936
No. 48 of 1936
AN ACT TO AMEND CRIMINAL LAW AND ADMINISTRATION. [21st February, 1951.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
