Criminal Damage Act 1991
Number 31 of 1991
CRIMINAL DAMAGE ACT 1991
REVISED
Updated to 31 December 2024
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Damage Act 1991. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), enacted 13 November 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Physiotherapists Registration Board Application for Registration Bye-Law 2025 (S.I. No. 2 of 2025), made 7 January 2025, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 31 of 1991
CRIMINAL DAMAGE ACT 1991
REVISED
Updated to 31 December 2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section |
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Unauthorised accessing of data. (Repealed) |
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Compensation order. (Repealed) |
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Effect of compensation order on civil proceedings. (Repealed) |
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Acts Referred to |
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Children Act, 1908 |
1908, c. 67 |
1976, No. 14 |
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1940, No. 23 |
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1976, No. 27 |
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1981, No. 21 |
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1989, No. 6 |
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Malicious Damage Act, 1861 |
1861, c. 97 |
Police (Property) Act, 1897 |
1897, c. 30 |
Probation of Offenders Act, 1907 |
1907, c. 17 |
Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1916 |
Number 31 of 1991
CRIMINAL DAMAGE ACT 1991
REVISED
Updated to 31 December 2024
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO OFFENCES OF DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [27th December, 1991]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: