Criminal Justice Act 1988 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Criminal Justice Act 1988

This provision amends criminal law and procedure, including evidence rules, sentencing references, summary-offence treatment, fines, and court powers in criminal proceedings.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
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Language
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About this statute

This provision amends criminal law and procedure, including evidence rules, sentencing references, summary-offence treatment, fines, and court powers in criminal proceedings. This provision amends multiple criminal law and court-enforcement rules, including torture, compensation for miscarriages of justice, and several knife/weapon offences. This part sets rules for weapon-related orders, exceptions for importing weapons, sales of bladed articles to under-18s, search-and-seizure powers, and several criminal procedure and privacy amendments. This provision makes a series of amendments, including rules for paying money in confiscation proceedings, compensation, external confiscation orders, and supervision orders. This provision amends multiple earlier laws and includes rules on appeals, court powers, compensation orders, and several weapons-related offences and defences.