Criminal Procedure Act 2021

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Number 7 of 2021


CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2021


CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title and commencement

2. Definitions

PART 2

Preliminary Trial Hearings

3. Interpretation (Part 2)

4. Application (Part 2)

5. Relevant offence for purposes of Part

6. Preliminary trial hearing

7. Appeal of certain orders made at preliminary trial hearing

8. Trial not to proceed pending appeal under section 7

9. Power to exclude public

10. Hearings not to be published or broadcast

11. Rules of court

PART 3

Provision of Information to Juries

12. Provision of information to juries

PART 4

Amendments to certain Acts relating to Criminal Procedure

13. Amendment of section 4A of Act of 1967

14. Amendment of section 4E of Act of 1967

15. Amendment of section 4Q of Act of 1967

16. Amendment of section 21 of Act of 1984

17. Amendment of section 23 of Act of 2010

18. Amendment of section 34 of Act of 2010


Acts Referred to

Broadcasting Act 2009 (No. 18)

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (No. 26)

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (No. 13)

Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)

Competition Act 2002 (No. 14)

Criminal Evidence Act 1992 (No. 12)

Criminal Justice (Administration) Act 1924 (No. 44)

Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012 (No. 11)

Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 (No. 12)

Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (No. 7)

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (No. 50)

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (No. 28)

Criminal Justice Act 1951 (No. 2)

Criminal Justice Act 1984 (No. 22)

Criminal Justice Act 1999 (No. 10)

Criminal Justice Act 2006 (No. 26)

Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 (No. 10)

Criminal Procedure Act 1967 (No. 12)

Criminal Procedure Act 2010 (No. 27)

Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)

Juries Act 1976 (No. 4)

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)

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Number 7 of 2021


CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2021


An Act to provide for preliminary trial hearings in respect of the trial of certain criminal offences; to provide for the provision of certain information to juries; to amend the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 , the Criminal Justice Act 1984 and the Criminal Procedure Act 2010 ; and to provide for related matters.

[24th May, 2021]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: