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Criminal Procedure Act, 1967

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Number 12 of 1967

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT, 1967

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary

Section

1.

Short title.

2.

Commencement.

3.

Repeals.

4.

Prosecutor.

PART II

Preliminary Examination of Indictable Offences in the District Court

5.

Procedure.

6.

Documents to be served on accused.

7.

Preliminary examination.

8.

Decision on preliminary examination.

9.

Witness order.

10.

Witness summons.

11.

Additional documents.

12.

Waiver by accused of preliminary examination.

13.

Procedure where accused pleads guilty in District Court to indictable offence.

14.

Further power to take depositions.

15.

Deposition as evidence.

16.

Power to exclude public.

17.

Prohibition of publication of proceedings.

18.

Inclusion of further counts in indictment.

19.

Amendment of Criminal Justice Act, 1951, and Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962.

20.

Consent of Attorney General.

PART III

Remand

21.

Power to remand.

22.

Remand in custody or on bail by the District Court.

23.

Form of recognisance.

24.

Period of remand.

25.

Remand to custody of Garda Síochána.

26.

Acceptance of deposit in lieu of sureties.

27.

Sufficiency of bailsmen.

28.

Provisions as to admission to bail.

29.

Bail in case of treason, murder and certain other offences.

30.

Endorsement on warrants as to release on bail.

31.

Release on bail in certain cases by members of Garda Síochána.

32.

Proceedings to estreat recognisance.

33.

Arrest of accused about to abscond.

PART IV

Miscellaneous

34.

Reference of question of law to Supreme Court.

35.

Amendment of section 52 of Extradition Act, 1965.

36.

Explanation of “imprisonment” in Part III of Extradition Act, 1965.

37.

Offences under the law of Scotland.

38.

Offences under the laws of the Channel Islands.

SCHEDULE

Enactments Repealed

Acts Referred to

Criminal Justice Act, 1951

1951, No. 2

Treason Act, 1939

1939, No. 10

Geneva Conventions Act, 1962

1962, No. 11

Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926

1926, No. 45

Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962

1962, No. 12

Offences Against the State Act, 1939

1939, No. 13

Defence Act, 1954

1954, No. 18

Official Secrets Act, 1963

1963, No. 1

Extradition Act, 1965

1965, No. 17

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Number 12 of 1967

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT, 1967

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW PROCEDURE FOR THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF INDICTABLE OFFENCES AND FOR THIS AND OTHER PURPOSES TO AMEND CRIMINAL LAW AND ADMINISTRATION. [13th June, 1967]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—