# Criminal Justice Act 1948, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to abolish penal servitude, hard labour, prison divisions and sentence of whipping; to amend the law relating to the probation of offenders, and otherwise to reform existing methods and provide new methods of dealing with offenders and persons liable to imprisonment; to amend the law relating to the proceedings of criminal courts, including the law relating to evidence before such courts; to abolish privilege of peerage in criminal proceedings; to regulate the management of prisons and other institutions and the treatment of offenders and other persons committed to custody; to re–enact certain enactments relating to the matters aforesaid; and for purposes connected therewith.
[30th July 1948]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/58/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1948/introduction
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