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Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Whole Act	1 September 2010	Criminal Procedure Act 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 414 of 2010), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
S. 2(1) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(a)
S. 7 amended	Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 (9/2018), ss. 1(2), 27
S. 7 references construed	13/2021, s. 4(2), schedule 2
S. 12(3) breach of order under may be an offence	18/2009, s. 139A and sch. 3 para. 26, as inserted by 41/2022, ss. 1(3), 45, 46
S. 14 repealed	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 73, sch. 1
Ss. 16, 17 power to take samples and prints from persons in custody	Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (No. 11 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 9, 11-13, 31-33, 35, 86, 100
S. 16, 17 destruction of samples taken in custody	Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (No. 11 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 76-80, 84, 85
S. 23(1) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(i)
S. 23(2) substituted	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(ii)
S. 23(3) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(iii)(I)
S. 23(3)(a) substituted	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(iii)(II)
S. 23(3)(a)(i) amended	Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 17(a)(i)
S. 23(3)(a)(ia) inserted	Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 17(a)(ii)
S. 23(4) substituted	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(iv)
S. 23(5) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(v)
S. 23(6) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(vi)
S. 23(7) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(vii)
S. 23(8) substituted	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(viii)
S. 23(9) substituted	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(ix)
S. 23(10) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(x)
Ss. 23(11), (11)(a), (11)(a)(i), (11)(b) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(xi)(I)-71(b)(xv)(III)
S. 23(11A) inserted	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(xii)
S. 23(12) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(xiii)
Ss. 23(13)(a), 23(13)(b) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(xiv)(I), (71(b)(xiv)II)
S. 23(14) substituted	Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 17(b)
S. 25(3) breach of order under may be an offence	18/2009, s. 139A and sch. 3 para. 27, as inserted by 41/2022, ss. 1(3), 45, 46
Ss. 25(2), 25(3) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(c)(i), 71(c)(ii)
Ss. 26(2), 26(3) amended	Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(d)(i), 71(d)(ii)
S. 34(2) substituted	Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 18
S. 34(5)(b) substituted	Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 18
Sch., para. 5A inserted	Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017 (36/2017), ss. 10, 11(2)
Sch., para. 9A inserted	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 52
Sch. para. 10(aa) inserted	Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 77
Sch., para 10(ab) inserted	Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 (41/2024), ss. 1(2), 17(a)
Sch., para 20A inserted	Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 (41/2024), ss. 1(2), 17(b)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
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