Part III Miscellaneous
England and Wales
- 22Power of Secretary of State to set time limits in relation to preliminary stages of criminal proceedings.
- 22AAdditional time limits for persons under 18.
- 22BRe-institution of proceedings stayed under section 22(4) or 22A(5).
- 23Discontinuance of proceedings in magistrates’ courts.
- 23ADiscontinuance of proceedings after accused has been sent for trial.
- 24Restriction of vexatious prosecutions.
- 25Consents to prosecutions etc.
- 26Consents to be admissible in evidence.
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- 28Repeal of s. 9 of Perjury Act 1911.
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act: for the words "Supreme Court Act 1981" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "Senior Courts Act 1981" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2) [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]