Criminal Appeal Act 1968
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated certain enactments relating to appeals in criminal cases to the criminal division of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) and thence to the House of Lords in England and Wales.[1]
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Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 54 of the act repealed 8 enactments, listed in schedule 7 to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Edw. 7. c. 23 | Criminal Appeal Act 1907 | The whole act. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58 | Criminal Justice Act 1948 | Section 38(1). |
| 15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 48 | Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952 | Section 3. |
| In section 4(1), the words "or in the prosecution of his appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal". | ||
| In section 17(5), the words "subsection (2) of section three". | ||
| 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 65 | Administration of Justice Act 1960 | In section 1, subsection (1)(b). |
| Section 2(2). | ||
| Section 3(2). | ||
| Section 4(1). | ||
| Sections 7 and 8. | ||
| Section 9(4). | ||
| Schedule 3, so far as it amends the Criminal Appeal Act 1907, the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 and section 10 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952. | ||
| 1964 c. 43 | Criminal Appeal Act 1964 | Sections 1 to 3 and 6(2). |
| Schedule 2, so far as it amends the Criminal Appeal Act 1907 and the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962. | ||
| 1964 c. 84 | Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 | Sections 2 and 3. |
| In section 4, subsection (6) and in subsection (7) the words from the beginning to "restricting discharge; and". | ||
| In section 5, subsection (1)(b) and (d) and subsections (2) and (5). | ||
| 1966 c. 31 | Criminal Appeal Act 1966 | In section 1, subsections (1) and (8). |
| Sections 4 to 8. | ||
| In section 12, the definitions in subsection (1) of "the 1907 Act" and "the 1952 Act", and subsection (3). | ||
| In Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 to 3 and 6 to 8. | ||
| 1967 c. 80 | Criminal Justice Act 1967 | Section 32(5). |
| Section 97. | ||
| Section 98(1) to (5) and (7). | ||
| In section 106(2)(f), the words "the Geneva Conventions Act 1957", and in section 106(3)(e), the words "the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 and". | ||
| In Schedule 4, paragraphs 1 to 8, 20, 23, 24(a), 28, and 33 to 40. | ||
| In Schedule 6, paragraphs 4, 22 and 27. |
Subsequent developments
The Criminal Appeal Act 1995 made significant amendments to the act, in particular inserting provisions establishing the Criminal Cases Review Commission, a body to review possible miscarriages of justice and refer cases back to the Court of Appeal.
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 amended the act to replace references to the House of Lords with references to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which assumed the House of Lords' judicial functions when it came into being in October 2009.
Notes
- Section 55(1).
- Section 55(3).
- Section 55(2). The day appointed under section 106(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 for the coming into force of section 98 of that act.