Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act, 1990
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Short title, collective citation, construction, commencement and transitional provision. |
22.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act, 1990. | |
(2) The Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981 , and this Act may be cited together as the Criminal Law (Rape) Acts, 1981 and 1990, and shall be construed together as one. | ||
(3) This Act shall come into operation one month after the date of its passing. | ||
(4) (a) Sections 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 12 , 16 , 19 and 21 (insofar as it relates to reference numbers 3 and 4 in the Schedule to this Act) shall not have effect in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of this Act. | ||
(b) Sections 7 , 11 , 13 , 15 and 17 (1) shall not have effect in relation to a trial or preliminary examination that begins before such commencement. | ||
(c) (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii), section 10 shall not have effect in relation to a case in which, before such commencement, a person has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Court. | ||
(ii) In a case to which subparagraph (i) applies, an application by a person charged or the Director of Public Prosecutions, made before the commencement of the trial concerned, to a judge of the Circuit Court sitting in the circuit where it is to take place for its transfer to the Central Criminal Court shall be granted. | ||
(d) Section 20 shall not have effect in relation to a charge that is made before such commencement. |