# Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

(1) Section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 (competence of accused as witness for the defence) is amended as follows.
(2) Omit the words from the beginning to “Provided as follows:—”.
(3) In paragraph (a) of the proviso—
(a) for “so charged” substitute “ charged in criminal proceedings ”; and
(b) for “in pursuance of this Act” substitute “ in the proceedings ”.
(4) In paragraph (e) of the proviso—
(a) for “and being a witness in pursuance of this Act” substitute “ in criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings ”; and
(b) for “the offence charged” substitute “ any offence with which he is charged in the proceedings ”.
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) In paragraph (g) of the proviso, for “called as a witness in pursuance of this Act” substitute “ charged in criminal proceedings who is called as a witness in the proceedings ”.
(7) Paragraphs (a), (e), (f) and (g) of the proviso shall be respectively numbered as subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of the section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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