Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act 2019
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Amendment of Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 | ||
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4. The Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 2— | ||
(i) in subsection (1)— | ||
(I) in the definition of “international instrument”, by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (j): | ||
“(ja) the Istanbul Convention;”, and | ||
(II) by the insertion of the following definition: | ||
“ ‘Istanbul Convention’ means the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence done at Istanbul on 11 May 2011;”, | ||
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(ii) in subsection (6), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (j): | ||
“(ja) Schedule 10A sets out the English text of the Istanbul Convention,”, | ||
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(b) by the insertion after Schedule 10 of Schedule 10A as set out in the Schedule to this Act. |