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Criminal Evidence Act 1979

1979 CHAPTER 16

An Act to amend paragraph (f)(iii) of the proviso to section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 and corresponding enactments extending to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

[22nd March 1979]

F1 1 Amendment of section 1 of Criminal Evidence Act 1898, etc. , and transitional provision.

X1 (1) In paragraph (f)(iii) of the proviso to [F2 each of the following enactments, that is to say, section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898, F3 . . . and F2] section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 (under which an accused person who has given evidence against another person charged with the same offence may be cross-examined about his previous convictions and his bad character), for the words “with the same offence” there shall be substituted the words “in the same proceedings”.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, a person charged with any offence who, before the coming into force of this Act, has given evidence against any other person charged in the same proceedings shall not by reason of that fact be asked or required to answer any question which he could not have been asked and required to answer but for that subsection.

2 Short title and commencement.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Evidence Act 1979.

(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.

Status: There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Criminal Evidence Act 1979.
Criminal Evidence Act 1979 (1979/16)
Version from: 3 April 2006

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not in force Not in force in England (may be in force in other geographies, see footnotes)
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F1 Act repealed (N.I.) (3.4.2006) by The Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1501 (N.I. 10)) , arts. 1(3) , 46(2) , Sch. 2 (with art. 43 ); S.R. 2006/63 , art. 2 this amendment (text repealed) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary. repealed: Northern Ireland repealed
F2 Words in s. 1(1) repealed (E.W.) (15.12.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) , ss. 332 , 335 , Sch. 37 Pt. 5 ; S.I. 2004/3033 , art. 3(2)(e)(i) repealed: England and Wales repealed
F3 Words in s. 1(1) repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40 , ss. 6 , 7(2) , Sch. 5 (with Sch. 3 Part 1 para. 1 ) this amendment (text repealed) should be read in conjunction with other related provisions, see the commentary. repealed: Scotland repealed
X1 The text of s. 1(1) does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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