Criminal Procedure Act 1993
Number 40 of 1993
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1993
REVISED
Updated to 17 February 2020
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993. 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.
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Number 40 of 1993
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1993
REVISED
Updated to 17 February 2020
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
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Annotations
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Material not updated in this revision
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2004)
• Transfer of Execution of Sentences Act 2005 (28/2005)
• Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 (31/1995)
All Acts up to and including Consumer Insurance Contracts Act 2019 (53/2019), enacted 26 December 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
None.
All statutory instruments up to and including Occupational Pension Schemes (Revaluation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 52 of 2020), made 17 February 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 40 of 1993
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1993
REVISED
Updated to 17 February 2020
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Review by Court of Criminal Appeal of alleged miscarriage of justice or excessive sentence. |
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Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeal in relation to appeals. |
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Acts Referred to |
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1924, No. 10 |
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1928, No. 15 |
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1983, No. 19 |
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1962, No. 12 |
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1967, No. 12 |
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1954, No. 18 |
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1939, No. 13 |
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Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act, 1921 |
11 Geo. 5., c. 7 |
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1979, No. 3 |
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Number 40 of 1993
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1993
REVISED
Updated to 17 February 2020
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES, FOR PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF PARDON ON THE GROUNDS OF MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, FOR PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION BY THE STATE TO OR IN RESPECT OF PERSONS CONVICTED AS A RESULT OF A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE AND FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [29 th December, 1993]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations:
Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of Act restricted (1.02.2007) by Transfer of Execution of Sentences Act 2005 (28/2005), ss. 10(1), 11, S.I. No. 647 of 2006.
Execution of sentence imposed in sentencing country.
10.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the High Court may, where a person is—
( a) brought before it under subsection (8) of section 8,
( b) brought before it under subsection (4) of section 9 at the same time as the certificate is produced in accordance with the said subsection (4), or
( c) before the High Court, by reason of having been remanded under the said subsection (4), at the same time as, or at any time after, the certificate is produced in accordance with the said subsection (4),
make an order committing the person to a prison [... ] for a period equal to—
(i) in the case of a person who fled from the sentencing country before he or she began serving the sentence concerned, the period of the sentence less the deductible period, or
(ii) in the case of a person who served part of the sentence concerned but fled from the sentencing country before he or she completed serving that sentence, the period of the sentence that remains unserved less the deductible period.
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Criminal Procedure Act 1993 disapplied.
11.—The Criminal Procedure Act 1993 shall not apply to a person to whom an order under subsection (1) of section 10 applies.
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Application of Act restricted (17.07.1995) by Transfer of Sentenced Person Act 1995 (16/1995), s. 7(9), commenced on enactment.
Issue of warrants for bringing of persons into State.
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(9) The Criminal Procedure Act, 1993, shall not apply to a person in respect of whom a warrant is issued under this section.