Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2007
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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.”, | ||
and | ||
(b) the insertion of the following subsection: | ||
“(5) In this section ‘ prison ’ has the same meaning as it has in the Prisons Act 2007 .”. |