Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2007
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Number 36 of 2007 | ||||||||
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007 | ||||||||
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||
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Acts Referred to | ||||||||
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Number 36 of 2007 | ||||||||
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007 | ||||||||
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1967. | ||||||||
[25th October, 2007] | ||||||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: | ||||||||
Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 1967. |
1.— Section 22 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 is amended by— | |||||||
(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3) (inserted by section 18 (b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 ): | ||||||||
“(3) A recognisance to which subsection (2) applies may be taken by— | ||||||||
(a) any judge of the District Court, | ||||||||
(b) any District Court clerk, | ||||||||
(c) a peace commissioner designated for that purpose by order of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, | ||||||||
(d) the governor of a prison, or | ||||||||
(e) a prison officer designated for that purpose by the governor of a prison.”, | ||||||||
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(b) the insertion of the following subsection: | ||||||||
“(5) In this section ‘ prison ’ has the same meaning as it has in the Prisons Act 2007 .”. | ||||||||
Short title. |
2.— This Act may be cited as the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2007. |