Criminal Procedure Act 1967
Number 12 of 1967
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1967
REVISED
Updated to 28 February 2022
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Number 12 of 1967
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1967
REVISED
Updated to 28 February 2022
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary
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Proceedings Relating to Indictable Offences
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Transfer of proceedings from Circuit Court to Central Criminal Court. |
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Jurisdiction of Circuit Court to remand accused to alternative circuit and hear applications. |
Guilty Pleas and Other Matters
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Procedure. (repealed) |
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Documents to be served on accused. (repealed) |
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Preliminary examination. (repealed) |
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Decision on preliminary examination. (repealed) |
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Witness order. (repealed) |
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Witness summons. (repealed) |
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Additional documents. (repealed) |
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Procedure where accused pleads guilty in District Court to indictable offence. |
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Further power to take depositions. (repealed) |
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Deposition as evidence. (repealed) |
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Power to exclude public. (repealed) |
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Prohibition of publication of proceedings. (repealed) |
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Inclusion of further counts in indictment. (repealed) |
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Amendment of Criminal Justice Act, 1951, and Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962. |
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Remand
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Sufficiency of bailsmen. (repealed) |
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Release on bail in certain cases by members of Garda Síochána. |
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Arrest of accused about to abscond. (repealed) |
Miscellaneous
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Explanation of “imprisonment” in Part III of Extradition Act, 1965. |
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Offences under the law of Scotland. (repealed) |
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Enactments Repealed
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Acts Referred to |
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1951, No. 2 |
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1939, No. 10 |
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1962, No. 11 |
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1926, No. 45 |
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1962, No. 12 |
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1939, No. 13 |
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1954, No. 18 |
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1963, No. 1 |
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1965, No. 17 |
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Number 12 of 1967
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1967
REVISED
Updated to 28 February 2022
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:—
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of Act restricted by The Courts of Justice Act 1924 (10/1924) s. 79(3) as inserted (15.12.1995) by Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995) s. 41, commenced on enactment.
Exercise by the Justices severally of jurisdictions.
79.— ...
(3) A judge of the District Court exercising jurisdiction under subsection (2) of this section shall not have jurisdiction to conduct a preliminary examination under the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967, unless that jurisdiction is exercised in the District Court District—
(a) where the crime was committed, or
(b) where the accused resides or was arrested.
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