Updated to 9 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 426 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Criminal Procedure Act 2010
No. 27 of 2010
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Information |
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| 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 | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
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Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 2(1) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(a) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 7 amended | Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 (9/2018), ss. 1(2), 27 | 30 July 2018 | Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 298 of 2018), art. 2 |
| S. 7 references construed | Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act (13/2021), s. 4(2), schedule 2 | 28 July 2021 | Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 378 of 2021), art. 2 |
| S. 12(3) breach of order under may be an offence | Broadcasting Act 2009 (18/2009), s. 139A and sch. 3 para. 26, as inserted by Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (41/2022), ss. 1(3), 45, 46 | 15 March 2023 | Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 71 of 2023), art. 2(c) |
| S. 14 repealed | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 73, sch. 1 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 259 of 2018), art. 2 | |
| Ss. 16, 17 power to take samples and prints from persons in custody | Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (11/2014), ss. 1(2), 9, 11-13, 31-33, 35, 86, 100 | 20 November 2015 | Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 508 of 2015), art. 2(b) |
| S. 16, 17 destruction of samples taken in custody | Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (11/2014), ss. 1(2), 76-80, 84, 85 | 20 November 2015 | Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 508 of 2015), art. 2(e) |
| S. 23(1) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(i) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(2) substituted | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(ii) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(3) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(iii)(I) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(3)(a) substituted | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(iii)(II) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(3)(a)(i) amended | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 17(a)(i) | 28 February 2022 | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 79 of 2022), art. 2 |
| S. 23(3)(a)(ia) inserted | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 17(a)(ii) | 28 February 2022 | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 79 of 2022), art. 2 |
| S. 23(4) substituted | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(iv) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(5) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(v) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(6) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(vi) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(7) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(vii) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(8) substituted | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(viii) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(9) substituted | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(ix) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(10) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(x) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| Ss. 23(11), (11)(a), (11)(a)(i), (11)(b) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(xi)(I)-71(b)(xv)(III) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(11A) inserted | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(xii) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(12) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(xiii) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| Ss. 23(13)(a), 23(13)(b) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(b)(xiv)(I), (71(b)(xiv)II) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 23(14) substituted | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 17(b) | 28 February 2022 | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 79 of 2022), art. 2 |
| S. 25(3) breach of order under may be an offence | Broadcasting Act 2009 (18/2009), s. 139A and sch. 3 para. 27, as inserted by Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (41/2022), ss. 1(3), 45, 46 | 15 March 2023 | Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 71 of 2023), art. 2(c) |
| Ss. 25(2), 25(3) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), ss. 1(2), 71(c)(i), 71(c)(ii) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| Ss. 26(2), 26(3) amended | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014), ss. 1(2), 71(d)(i), 71(d)(ii) | 28 October 2014 | Court of Appeal Act 2014 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 479 of 2014), art. 2(b), (c) |
| S. 34(2) substituted | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 18 | 28 February 2022 | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 79 of 2022), art. 2 |
| S. 34(5)(b) substituted | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021), ss. 1(2), 18 | 28 February 2022 | Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 79 of 2022), art. 2 |
| Sch., para. 5A inserted | Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017 (36/2017), ss. 10, 11(2) | 17 August 2018 | Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 299 of 2018), art. 2 |
| Sch., para. 9A inserted | Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), ss. 1(2), 52 | Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2) | |
| Sch. para. 10(aa) inserted | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023), ss. 1(5), 77 | 1 November 2023 | Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 525 of 2023), art. 3(g) |
| Sch., para 10(ab) inserted | Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 (41/2024), ss. 1(2), 17(a) | 31 December 2024 | Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 730 of 2024), art. 2 |
| Sch., para 20A inserted | Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 (41/2024), ss. 1(2), 17(b) | 31 December 2024 | Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 730 of 2024), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |