Criminal Justice Act 1993


Number 6 of 1993


CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1993

REVISED

Updated to 1 August 2023


This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Criminal Justice 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.

All Acts up to and including the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2023 (25/2023), enacted 20 July 2023, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 391 of 2023), made 28 July 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.


Number 6 of 1993


CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1993

REVISED

Updated to 1 August 2023


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

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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (24/2023)

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (28/2017)

Court of Appeal Act 2014 (18/2014)

Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012 (11/2012)

Criminal Procedure Act 2010 (27/2010)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (26/2006)

Children Act 2001 (24/2001)

Criminal Justice Act 1999 (10/1999)

All Acts up to and including the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2023 (25/2023), enacted 20 July 2023, 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 Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 391 of 2023), made 28 July 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.


Number 6 of 1993


CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1993

REVISED

Updated to 1 August 2023


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS


Acts Referred to

Children Act, 1908

1908, c. 67

Civil Liability Act, 1961

1961, No. 41

Criminal Damage Act, 1991

1991, No. 31

Criminal Evidence Act, 1992

1992, No. 12

Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act, 1962

1962, No. 12

Criminal Procedure Act, 1967

1967, No. 12

Enforcement of Court Orders Act, 1940

1940, No. 24

Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976

1976, No. 11

Lunacy (Ireland) Act, 1821

1821, c. 33

Probation of Offenders Act, 1907

1907, c. 30

Prosecution of Offences Act, 1974

1974, No. 22

Punishment of Incest Act, 1908

1908, c. 45

Road Traffic Act, 1961

1961, No. 24

Trial of Lunatics Act, 1883

1883, c. 38


Number 6 of 1993


CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1993

REVISED

Updated to 1 August 2023


AN ACT TO ENABLE THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL TO REVIEW UNDULY LENIENT SENTENCES, TO MAKE OTHER PROVISION IN RELATION TO SENTENCING, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT BY OFFENDERS OF COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR LOSS RESULTING FROM THEIR OFFENCES, TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT, 1967, AND THE PUNISHMENT OF INCEST ACT, 1908, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [3rd April, 1993]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: