S.I. No. 182/1967 - Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 (Commencement of Section 3 and Parts II and III) Order, 1967
S.I. No. 182 of 1967. | ||
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT, 1967 (COMMENCEMENT OF SECTION 3 AND PARTS II AND III) ORDER, 1967 | ||
I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 (No. 12 of 1967), hereby order as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 (Commencement of Section 3 and Parts II and III) Order, 1967. 2. The 1st day of August, 1967, is hereby appointed as the day on which section 3 and Parts II and III of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , shall come into operation. | ||
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of July, 1967. | ||
BRIAN LENIHAN, | ||
Minister for Justice. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
The effect of this order is to bring section 3 and Parts II and III of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , into operation on 1st August, 1967. Part II provides a new procedure for the preliminary examination of indictable offences in the District Court and Part III re-enacts with amendments various provisions of the existing law relating to remand. Section 3 makes certain consequential repeals in the existing law. |