Criminal Justice Act 1967
Part I Criminal Procedure, etc.
Committal proceedings
1—6 Committal for trial without consideration of the evidence.
7 Signature of depositions.
Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
8 Proof of criminal intent.
9 Proof by written statement.
10 Proof by formal admission.
11 Notice of alibi.
12 Application of sections 9 to 11 to courts-martial.
13 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
14—16 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
17 Entry of verdict of not guilty by order of a judge.
18 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
19 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
20 Power of magistrates’ court to commit on bail for sentence.
21 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
22 Extension of power of High Court to grant, or vary conditions of, bail.
23 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
24 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
25 Restriction on issue of search warrants under Obscene Publications Act 1959.
26 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
27 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
28—30 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
31 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
32 Amendments of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.
33 Taking and use of finger-prints and palm-prints.
34 Committal of persons under twenty-one accused of extradition crimes, etc.
35 Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
36 Interpretation of Part I.
Part IIPowers of Courts to Deal with Offenders
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Enforcement of payment of fines, etc.
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Miscellaneous
56 Committal for sentence for offences tried summarily.
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Part III Treatment of Offenders
Release of prisoners on licence and supervision of prisoners after release
59 Constitution and functions of Parole Board and local review committees.
60 Release on licence of persons serving determinate sentences.
61 Release on licence of persons sentenced to imprisonment for life, etc.
62 Revocation of licences and conviction of prisoners on licence.
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64 Supplemental.
Miscellaneous
65 Abolition of corporal punishment in prison.
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67Computation of sentences of imprisonment passed in England and Wales.
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69 Extension of enactments relating to persons sentenced to imprisonment or detention to young offenders sentenced to detention.
70 Prisoner transferred from Scotland to England for security.
71 Exercise of powers of release.
72 Power of magistrates to issue warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients.
Parts IV, V
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85—88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part VI Miscellaneous and General
Offences
89 False written statements tendered in evidence.
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91 Drunkenness in a public place.
Increase of Fines, etc.
92 Increase of fines.
93 Alteration of maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines, etc.
Fees
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Administration of probation and after-care services
95 Probation and after-care areas and committees.
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98 Amendment of enactments relating to criminal appeals.
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Miscellaneous
100 Regulations, rules and orders.
101 Expenses.
102 Transitional provisions and savings.
103 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
104 General provisions as to interpretation.
105 Northern Ireland.
106 Short title, extent and commencement.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2 Provisions as to Parole Board and Local Review Committees
The Parole Board
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Local Review Committees
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SCHEDULE 3 Increase of Fines
Part I Increase of fines fixed by enactments
Part II Increase of Limit on Fines which may be imposed by Subordinate Instruments
Part III Amendment of Section 24 of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 (c.38)
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Part IV Amendments Extending to Northern Ireland
Section 92 and Parts I and II of this Schedule...
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section 6 of the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865;
section 11 of the Post Office (Protection) Act 1884;
section 17 of the Military Lands Act 1892;
sections 2 and 3 of the Uniforms Act 1894;
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sections 6(6) and 45(6) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958....
SCHEDULE 4 Miscellaneous Amendments of Enactments relating to Criminal Appeal
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The Administration of Justice Act 1960 (c. 65)
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SCHEDULE 5Transitional Provisions and Savings
Juries
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Prisoners sentenced to corrective training or preventive detention
3A person sentenced to corrective training or preventive detention in...
4A person sentenced to corrective training who immediately before the...
5A person sentenced to preventive detention who immediately before the...
Release of prisoners, etc. on licence
6A person serving any part of a sentence of imprisonment...
7A person sentenced to a term of imprisonment within the...
8A person sentenced to a term of imprisonment for less...
9Where a person was sentenced to a term of imprisonment...
10A person subject immediately before the commencement of section 61...
11Where any person sentenced to imprisonment for life or sentenced...
12Any person who immediately before the commencement of sections 60...
Non-payment of fines, etc.
13Notwithstanding anything in this Act, sections 69 and 70 of...
14Section 93 of this Act shall not apply to a...
Legal aid
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Criminal appeals
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SCHEDULE 6 Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Vagrancy Act 1824 (c. 83)
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The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)
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The Prison Act 1952 (c. 52)
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The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 (c. 55)
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15In section 72A(3) (termination of functions of convicting court) for...
16In section 72B (powers of magistrates’ court under transfer of...
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The Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 (c. 48)
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The Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39)
24For section 32(2) (enactments about supervision and recall of persons...
25In section 40 (Northern Ireland) at the end there shall...
The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963 (c. 39)
26In section 12(1) (supervision of persons released from young offenders...
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The Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10)
28In section 46(5)(c) (penalty for contravention of byelaws by the...
SCHEDULE 7 Enactments Repealed
Part I Repeals Applying to England and Wales
Part II Repeals Extending to Scotland
Part III Repeals Extending to Northern Ireland

Criminal Justice Act 1967

1967 c.80

An Act to amend the law relating to the proceedings of criminal courts, including the law relating to evidence, and to the qualification of jurors, in such proceedings and to appeals in criminal cases; to reform existing methods and provide new methods of dealing with offenders; to make further provision for the treatment of offenders, the management of prisons and other institutions and the arrest of offenders unlawfully at large; to make further provision with respect to legal aid and advice in criminal proceedings; to amend the law relating to firearms and ammunition; to alter the penalties which may be imposed for certain offences; and for connected purposes.

Annotations:
Extent Information
E1

For the extent of this Act see s. 106

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Act amended (E.W.) (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2684, arts. 2(1), 4, 5, Sch.1

C2

By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(1), Sch. 12 para. 23; S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 it is provided (14.10.1991) that in relation to any time before the commencement of s. 70 of that 1991 Act (which came into force on 1.10.1992 by S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2) references in any enactment amended by that 1991 Act, to youth courts shall be construed as references to juvenile courts.