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Criminal Evidence Act 1979

1979 c. 16 · Enacted 22 March 1979 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to amend paragraph (f)(iii) of the proviso to section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 and corresponding enactments extending to Scotland and Northern Ireland.[22nd March 1979] F1

Contents

  1. 1Amendment of section 1 of Criminal Evidence Act 1898, etc., and transitional provision.
  2. 2Short title and commencement.

1Amendment of section 1 of Criminal Evidence Act 1898, etc., and transitional provision.

(1)

In paragraph (f)(iii) of the proviso to F1each of the following enactments, that is to say, section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898, F2. . . and section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 (under which an accused person who has given evidence against another person charged with the same offence may be cross-examined about his previous convictions and his bad character), for the words “with the same offence” there shall be substituted the words “in the same proceedings”.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, a person charged with any offence who, before the coming into force of this Act, has given evidence against any other person charged in the same proceedings shall not by reason of that fact be asked or required to answer any question which he could not have been asked and required to answer but for that subsection.

2Short title and commencement.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Evidence Act 1979.

(2)

This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.