{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1898/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1898/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/61-62/36",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Evidence Act 1898",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1898",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Provisions as to previous Acts.",
  "text": "(1) This Act shall apply to all criminal proceedings. . .\n(1A) This Act applies in relation to service proceedings as it applies in relation to criminal proceedings before a court in England and Wales.\n(1B) In this section “service proceedings” means proceedings before a court (other than a civilian court) in respect of a service offence; and “service offence” and “civilian court” here have the same meanings as in the Armed Forces Act 2006.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1) repealed (28.3.2009 for specified purposes and otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 12(2), Sch. 17; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 6(1A)(1B) inserted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes and otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 12(3); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions in 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 6(2) repealed by Revision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act 1955 (c. 20), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 6(1B) modified (24.4.2009 for specified purposes and otherwise 31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), arts. 1, 205, Sch. 1 para. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/36/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:29.318598+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}