Number 22 of 1984

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1984

REVISED

Updated to 5 April 2023

Introduction

This revision presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was first passed.

Related legislation

This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9/2023)

• Criminal Procedure Act 2021 (7/2021)

• Criminal Justice Act 2017 (14/2017)

• Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (29/2014)

• State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014)

• Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (11/2014)

• Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (15/2013)

• Criminal Justice Act 2011 (22/2011)

• Criminal Procedure Act 2010 (27/2010)

• Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (32/2009)

• Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (28/2009)

• Criminal Justice Act 2007 (29/2007)

• Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006)

• Garda Síochána Act 2005 (20/2005)

• Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (50/2001)

• Children Act 2001 (24/2001)

• Criminal Justice Act 1999 (10/1999)

• Bail Act 1997 (16/1997)

• Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 (4/1997)

• Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 (31/1996)

• Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 (29/1996)

• Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990 (34/1990)

• Garda Síochána (Complaints) Act 1990 (29/1986)

All Acts up to and including Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023 (9/2023), enacted 5 April 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 151 of 2023)

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Suspension of Detention under Section 4(3A)) (Persons under 18 years of age) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 380 of 2017)

• European Union (Identification of Equidae) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 62 of 2016)

• European Union (Identification of Equidae) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 207 of 2014)

• European Union (Animal By-Products) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 187 of 2014)

• European Union (Protection of Animals at the Time of Killing) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 292 of 2013)

• European Union (Cereal Seed) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 217 of 2013)

• European Communities (Spirits Drinks)(Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 118 of 2013)

• European Communities (Pet Passport) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 504 of 2012)

• European Communities (Import of Personal Consignments of Products of Animal Origin) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 374 of 2012)

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Suspension of Detention under section 4(3A)) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 416 of 2011)

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Electronic Recording of Interviews) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 560 of 2010)

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Electronic Recording of Interviews) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 168 of 2009)

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda SÍochána Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 641 of 2006)

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Electronic Recording of Interviews) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 74 of 1997)

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Commencement) Order 1987 (S.I. No. 150 of 1987)

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) Regulations 1987 (S.I. No. 119 of 1987)

• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) Regulations, 1987 (S.I. No. 119 of 1987)

All statutory instruments up to and including Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 151 of 2023) were considered in the preparation of this revision.