# The Criminal Justice Act 1967 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1967

S.I. 1967/1234 · made 7 August 1967

This Order brings into force on various dates the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 set out in the Schedules to the Order. The Order does not affect Scotland.

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## Introductory text

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, ENGLAND AND WALES
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, NORTHERN IRELAND
Made 7th August 1967
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 106(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967, I hereby make the following Order:—

## 1 

The provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 specified in the Schedules to this Order shall come into force on the dates mentioned in the headings of those Schedules.

## 2 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1967.
(2) In the case of any provision specified in a Schedule to this Order which (by virtue of section 106(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967) extends to Scotland nothing in this Order shall bring the provision into force in its application to Scotland.

## Signature

Roy Jenkins
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
Whitehall
7th August 1967

## Schedule 1 PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE 1ST OCTOBER 1967

Provisions of the Act
Subject matter of provisions.
Section 7
Signature of depositions.
Section 8
Proof of criminal intent.
Section 13
Majority verdicts of juries in criminal proceedings.
Section 14
Disqualification of ex-prisoners from serving on juries in criminal proceedings.
Section 15
Validation of verdict where juror disqualified.
Section 16
Continuation of exemption from jury service at criminal trials.
Section 17
Entry of verdict of not guilty by order of a judge.
Section 25
Restrictions on issue of search warrants under Obscene Publications Act 1959.
Section 26
Restrictions on passing sentence in the absence of the defendant.
Section 27
Summary trial of certain offences under the Forgery Act 1913.
Section 28
Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts to try offences.
Section 29
Plea by a corporation before a magistrates' court.
Section 30
Period of adjournment under sections 14 and 26 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.
Section 33
Taking and use of finger-prints and palm-prints.
Section 34
Committal of persons under twenty-one accused of extradition crimes, etc.
Section 35
Examining justices.
Section 36
Interpretation.
Section 37
Punishment of persistent offenders.
Section 38(1) to (5) and (7)
Supplementary provisions as to persistent offenders.
Section 51
Combination of disqualification and endorsement for motoring offences with probation orders and orders for discharge.
Section 52
Duration of conditions of discharge.
Section 54
Miscellaneous provisions as to probation orders.
Section 55
Selection of probation officers.
Section 58
Power to make recommendations for deportation.
Section 59
Constitution and functions of Parole Board and local review committees.
Section 65
Abolition of corporal punishment in prison.
Section 66(3) and (4)
Miscellaneous amendments of the Prison Act 1952.
Section 67
Computation of sentences of imprisonment passed in England and Wales.
Section 69
Extension of enactments relating to persons sentenced to imprisonment or detention to young persons sentenced to detention.
Section 70
Prisoner transferred from Scotland to England for security.
Section 71
Exercise of powers of release.
Section 72
Power of magistrates to issue warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients.
Section 94
Abolition of fees in criminal proceedings in magistrates' courts.
Section 95
Probation and after-care areas and committees.
Section 96
Financial provisions about probation and after-care.
Section 97
New provision as to appeal against sentence passed at assizes or quarter sessions.
Section 99
Evidence with respect to offences punishable in Scotland.
Section 100
Regulations, rules and orders.
Section 101
Expenses.
Section 102
Transitional provisions and savings.
Section 103
Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
Section 104
General provisions as to interpretation.
Section 105
Northern Ireland.
Section 106(1) and (3) to (6)
Short title, extent and commencement.
Schedule 2
Provisions as to Parole Board and local review committees.
Schedule 5
Transitional provisions and savings.
Paragraphs 4, 9 and 10 of Schedule 6
Amendment of section 3(c) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1907 and sections 14(3) and 26(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.
So much of Parts I and III of Schedule 7 as is set out in the Appendix hereto.
Repeals.

## APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 1 REPEALS TAKING EFFECT 1ST OCTOBER 1967

Chapter
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
7 Edw. 7. c. 23.
The Criminal Appeal Act 1907.
Section 4(3).
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58.
The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914.
Section 27.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.
The Criminal Justice Act 1948.
Section 5(2) and (3).
In section 9 (as substituted by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949), subsection (3) and in subsection (4) the words “to (3)”.
Section 20(5)(d).
Section 21.
Section 23.
Section 29(3)(d) and (5).
Section 38(3).
In Schedule 5, paragraph 4(2) and the proviso to paragraph 5(1).
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52.
The Prison Act 1952.
In section 5(2)(c), the words from “with particulars” to the end of the section.
Section 18.
Section 26.
In section 43, in subsection (3)(b), the words “subsection (1) of section eighteen”.
In section 49, the words “corrective training, preventive detention” in both places where they occur.
In section 52(2) the words from “and a draft” to “Act”, in the second place where it occurs.
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.
Section 113(2).
In Schedule 4, the following headings and all entries therein, that is to say, “Committal for trial”, “Summary trial”, “Conviction”, “Examination”, “Extradition Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 60) s.5”, “Information” and “Recognizance”; in the heading “Attendance” the words “or to take an examination elsewhere than in court”; in the heading “Copy” the first two entries and the word “other” in the third entry; in the heading “Order” the entry beginning “Order in case”; in the heading “Summons” the words from “to include” to “time”; in the heading “Warrant”, in the entry beginning “To commit”, the words “conviction or” in both places where they occur; and in the Note the words “for re-swearing any person to any examination, or”.
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 29.
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1957.
In proviso (iii) to section 1(2), the words from “and shall not” onwards.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72.
The Mental Health Act 1959
Section 69.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 15.
The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962.
Section 17(2).
In Schedule 3, paragraph 3.
1963 c. 37.
The Children and Young Persons Act 1963.
In Schedule 1, paragraph 13.
1964 c. 42.
The Administration of Justice Act 1964.
Section 20.
1967 c. 58.
The Criminal Law Act 1967.
In Schedule 1, in Division II of List A, paragraph 5(c)(ii) and (iii).

## Schedule 2 PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE 1ST JANUARY 1968

Provisions of the Act
Subject matter of provisions
Section 1
Committal for trial without consideration of the evidence.
Section 2
Written statements before examining justices.
Section 3
Restrictions on reports of committal proceedings.
Section 4
Notice of result of committal proceedings.
Section 5
Privilege of newspaper reports of committal proceedings in libel actions.
Section 6
Duty of examining justices to sit in open court.
Section 9
Proof by written statement.
Section 10
Proof by formal admission.
Section 11
Notice of alibi.
Section 12
Application of sections 9 to 11 to courts-martial.
Section 18
Restrictions on refusal of bail.
Section 19
Restriction on justices sitting after dealing with bail.
Section 20
Power of magistrates' court to commit on bail for sentence.
Section 21
Special conditions of bail.
Section 22
Extension of power of High Court to grant, or vary conditions of, bail.
Section 23
Arrest of persons granted bail.
Section 24
Process for minor offences.
Section 31
Extension of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.
Section 32
Amendments of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.
Section 39 to 42
Suspended sentences.
Section 43
General power of magistrates' courts to impose fines.
Section 44 to 50
Enforcement of payment of fines, etc.
Section 53
Substitution of conditional discharge for probation.
Section 56
Committal for sentence for offences tried summarily.
Section 89
False written statements tendered in evidence.
Section 90
False statement as to means.
Section 92
Increase of fines.
Section 93
Alteration of maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines, etc.
Schedule 1
Application of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958 to attachment of earnings orders under section 46 or 79 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.
Schedule 3
Increase of fines.
So much of Schedule 6 as is specified in Appendix A hereto.
Minor and consequential amendments.
So much of Parts I and III of Schedule 7 as is set out in Appendix B hereto.
Repeals.

## APPENDIX A TO SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENTS TAKING EFFECT 1ST JANUARY 1968

Provision of Schedule 6
Enactment amended
Paragraph 1
Section 5 of the Vagrancy Act 1824.
Paragraph 3
Section 19(5) of the Coroners Act 1887.
Paragraph 5
Section 55(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
Paragraphs 11 to 20
Sections 28, 29, 70(2), 72A(2), 72A(3), 72B, 96(4), 98(2) and (3), 110(1) and 111(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.
Paragraph 27
Section 2(5) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1964.
Paragraph 28
Section 46(5)(c) of the Forestry Act 1967.

## APPENDIX B TO SCHEDULE 2 REPEALS TAKING EFFECT 1ST JANUARY 1968

Chapter
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
3 Geo. 4. c. 46.
The Levy of Fines Act 1822.
The whole Act.
4 Geo. 4. c. 37.
The Levy of Fines Act 1823.
The whole Act.
5 Geo. 4. c. 83.
The Vagrancy Act 1824.
In section 10, the words from “the house” to “general or”, and the word “further”.
6 Geo. 4. c. 50.
The Juries Act 1825.
In section 53, the words from “and every such sheriff” onwards.
3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 99.
The Fines Act 1833.
Sections 34 to 40.
Section 47.
12 & 13 Vict. c. 45.
The Quarter Sessions Act 1849.
Section 17.
16 & 17 Vict. c. 30.
The Criminal Procedure Act 1853.
In section 2, the words from “and if such recognizance” onwards.
22 & 23 Vict. c. 21.
The Queen's Remembrancer Act 1859.
Sections 30 to 39.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 50.
The Municipal Corporations Act 1882.
Section 222.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 71.
The Coroners Act 1887.
Section 19(4).
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 38.
The Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act 1933.
Section 6.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.
The Criminal Justice Act 1948.
In section 8, in subsection (4) the words “and dealt with” and in subsection (5) the words “and dealt with in respect”.
Section 14(2) from “and (subject” onwards.
Section 15.
In section 37, in subsection (1) paragraphs (a) and (c) and in paragraph (b) the words “the High Court or” and in subsection (6) the word “(c)”.
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.
Section 4(2).
In section 15(2), proviso (a),
Section 69.
Section 70(1).
In section 114 subsection 1(c) to (e) and subsection (2).
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 18.
The Army Act 1955.
Section 99(2).
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 19.
The Air Force Act 1955.
Section 99(2).
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 48.
The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (Amendment) Act 1958.
The whole Act.

## Schedule 3 PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE 1ST APRIL 1968

Provisions of the Act
Subject matter of provisions.
Section 38(6)
Release, etc., of persons sentenced to preventive detention or corrective training in Scotland or Northern Ireland and transferred to England and Wales.
Section 60
Release on licence of persons serving determinate sentences.
Section 61
Release on licence of persons sentenced to imprisonment for life, etc.
Section 62
Revocation of licences and conviction of prisoners on licence.
Section 63
Supervision of young, short-term prisoners after release.
Section 64
Provisions supplemental to sections 60 to 63 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.
Section 66(1), (2) and (5)
Miscellaneous amendments of the Prison Act 1952.
Section 98
Amendment of enactments relating to criminal appeals.
Schedule 4 except paragraph 20(3).
Miscellaneous amendments of enactments relating to criminal appeal.
So much of Schedule 6 as is specified in Appendix A hereto.
Minor and consequential amendments.
So much of Parts I and III of Schedule 7 as is set out in Appendix B hereto.
Repeals.

## APPENDIX A TO SCHEDULE 3 AMENDMENTS TAKING EFFECT 1ST APRIL 1968

Provision of Schedule 6
Enactment amended
Paragraph 2
Section 2 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1879.
Paragraph 6
Section 29(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948.
Paragraph 8
Section 43(4)(a) of the Prison Act 1952.
Paragraph 22
Section 4(1) of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957.
Paragraph 23
Section 105 of the Road Traffic Act 1960.
Paragraphs 24 and 25
Sections 32(2) and 40 of the Criminal Justice Act 1961.

## APPENDIX B TO SCHEDULE 3 REPEALS TAKING EFFECT 1ST APRIL 1968

Chapter
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
7 Edw. 7. c. 23.
The Criminal Appeal Act 1907.
In section 4(2), the words “and direct a judgment and verdict of acquittal to be entered”.
Section 8.
In section 9, paragraphs (d) and (e) and the words from “and exercise” to the end of the section.
In section 11(1), the words “rules of court provide that he shall have the right to be present, or where”.
Section 12.
In section 15, in subsection (1), the words “relating to the proceedings in the court before which the appellant or applicant was tried”.
Section 18.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49.
The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.
Section 29.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 45.
The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1930.
In section 7(1), the word “convicted”.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12.
The Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
Section 53(4).
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.
The Criminal Justice Act 1948.
Section 38(4).
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 48.
The Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.
Section 16(3).
Section 17(6).
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 52.
The Prison Act 1952.
Section 15.
Section 25(2) to (6).
Section 27.
In section 43(4)(b), the words “remand centres or”.
In section 47(4), paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) and in paragraph (d) the word “other”.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 34.
The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1956.
In section 19(1), the words “rules of court under the Criminal Appeal Act 1907 and”; and section 19(2), except as it applies to rules under the Indictments Act 1915.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 65.
The Administration of Justice Act 1960.
Section 5(2).
Section 6(2).
Section 9(1).
In Part I of Schedule 2, the modification of section 6.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 39.
The Criminal Justice Act 1961.
Section 20.
Schedule 3.
1964 c. 43.
The Criminal Appeal Act 1964.
In paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, the words “or any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland amending or replacing the said Part III”.
1964 c. 84.
The Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964.
In section 2, in subsection (4)(a), the words “8” and “18(1)”.
In section 3, the proviso to subsection (1); and in subsection (2) the words from “In relation to” to the end of the subsection.
1965 c. 71.
The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965.
Section 2.
1966 c. 31.
The Criminal Appeal Act 1966.
In section 7(1), the words “at assizes or quarter sessions”.
1966 c. 20. (N.I.).
The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.
In section 16(3) the words from “In relation to” onwards.

## EDULE 4 PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE 1ST MAY 1968

Provisions of the Act
Subject matter of provisions.
Section 85
Prohibition on possessing or acquiring a short gun without a certificate.
Section 86
Restrictions on gifts of shot guns.
Section 87
Amendment of enactments relating to firearms.
Section 88
Supplemental provisions about firearms.
So much of Parts I and III of Schedule 7 as is set out in the Appendix hereto.
Repeals.

## APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 4 REPEALS TAKING EFFECT 1ST MAY 1968

Chapter
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. c. 12.
The Firearms Act 1937.
In section 12(3), paragraph (c) and the words “in each case”.
1965 c. 44.
The Firearms Act 1965.
In section 9(2), the words from “and (b)” onwards.

## Schedule 5 PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE 1ST OCTOBER 1968

Provisions of the Act
Subject matter of provisions.
Sections 73 to 84
Legal aid in criminal proceedings.
Paragraph 20(3) of Schedule 4.
Amendment of section 3(3) of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.
Paragraph 7 of Schedule 6
Amendment of section 1(1) of the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949.
So much of Parts I and III of Schedule 7 as is set out in the Appendix hereto.
Repeals.

## APPENDIX TO SCHEDULE 5 REPEALS TAKING EFFECT 1ST OCTOBER 1968

Chapter
Short Title
Extent of Repeal
7 Edw. 7. c. 23.
The Criminal Appeal Act 1907.
Section 10.
Section 15(5).
In section 17, the words “to assign legal aid to an appellant”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 32.
The Poor Prisoners' Defence Act 1930.
The whole Act.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 38.
The Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act 1933.
Section 2.
12 & 13 Geo. 6. c. 51.
The Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949.
Part II.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 46.
The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951.
Section 10.
Section 21(c).
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 48.
The Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.
Section 16(1).
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 44.
The Magistrates' Courts (Appeals from Binding Over Orders) Act 1956.
In section 1(2)(b) the words from the beginning to “aid) and”.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72.
The Mental Health Act 1959.
In section 67(3), the words from “and the Poor” onwards.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 65.
The Administration of Justice Act 1960.
Section 8(1) and (2).
Section 9(4)(c). In Schedule 1, paragraph 3(2).
1964 c. 43.
The Criminal Appeal Act 1964.
In section 2(4), the words from “Section 1” to “Court of Criminal Appeal; and”.

## Explanatory note

This Order brings into force on various dates the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 set out in the Schedules to the Order. The Order does not affect Scotland.

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