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Criminal Legislation in Ireland
Author: Lynn O’Sullivan
ISBN: 9781526529183
Buy Book in PrintEdition: Fourth
Publication Date: 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
Copyright: 2024 Bloomsbury Professional
Law As Stated At: May 2024
Criminal Legislation in Ireland
Criminal Legislation in Ireland consolidates the most important and frequently used pieces of criminal legislation and facilitates easy reference for criminal practitioners and students alike.
This practical title saves you time by bringing together recent legislation, as well as incorporating amendments to older Acts. It also includes older legislation which is not easily accessible on the internet.
The Fourth Edition includes new coverage of:
- Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act 2019
- Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 – Parts 1 and 4 only
- Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020
- Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2021
- Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Act 2021
- Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021
- Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Act 2021
- Criminal Procedure Act 2021
- Counterfeiting Act 2021 (excluding part 3)
- Sex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023
- Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023
This is an essential reference for solicitors, barristers, criminal defence lawyers, court clerks, judges, legal aid centres, as well as students and academics.
This title is available on Irish Criminal Law on Bloomsbury Professional Online.
Contents
- Introduction
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Close sectionPetty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851
- 1: Existing Districts, &c. to be confirmed where they do not require Alteration; but where they do, Justices at Quarter Sessions may revise them, proceeding as follows:
- 2–4: […]1
- 5: Duties of clerk of petty sessions.
- 6: Custody of books, &c. on death, suspension, or dismissal of clerk.
- 7: Local jurisdiction of justices and constabulary.
- 8: Place for hearing.
- 9: Publicity of proceedings.
- 10: Informations and complaints.
- 11: Process to enforce appearance.
- 12: Service of summonses.
- 13: Powers to enforce attendance of witnesses.
- 14–17: –17.[…]1
- 18: Arrest of party at large against whom an indictment is found.
- 19: […]1
- 20: Hearing in cases of summary jurisdiction.
- 21: […]1
- 22: General powers of justices in adjudicating cases.
- 23: Enforcement of orders.
- 24: In what cases appeals shall be permitted.
- 25: Addressing warrants.
- 26: By whom warrants may be executed.
- 27: Backing warrants.
- 28: Backing of warrants addressed to other persons than the constabulary.
- 29: […]1
- 30: Warrants for arrest issued by justices, judges, &c.
- 31: Warrants so backed to be valid for execution.
- 32: Execution of warrants in cases of summary convictions.
- 33: Return of unexecuted warrants.
- 34: Form of recognizances, and mode of estreating.
- 35: Offences by officers and others.
- 36: Forms in the schedule to be deemed valid.
- 37: General terms to be used in the forms of procedure.
- 38: Description of property in informations.
- 39: No objection to be allowed for variances between information and evidence, Etc.
- 40: […]1
- 41: Act not lo extend to police district of Dublin Metropolis, &c.
- 42: […]1
- 43: […]1
- 44: Interpretation of terms.
- 45: Short title of Act.
- 46: […]1
- 47: Extent of Act.
- 48: Schedule to the part of Act.
- Close sectionSummary Jurisdiction Act 1857
- 1: Interpretation.
- 2: Justices on application of a party aggrieved to: state a case for the opinion of Superior Court.
- 3: Security and notice to be given by the appellant.
- 4: Justices may refuse a case where they think the application frivolous.
- 5: Where the justices refuse, the Court of Queen’s Bench may by rule order a case to be stated.
- 6: Superior Court to determine the questions on the case.
- 7: Case may be sent back for amendment.
- 8: Jurisdiction of judge at chambers.
- 9: After the decision of Superior Court, justices may issue warrants.
- 10: Certiorari not to be required for proceedings under this Act.
- 11: Rules for proceedings.
- 12: “Justices” to include a stipendiary magistrate.
- 13: Recognizances how to be enforced.
- 14: No appeal to quarter sessions.
- 15: Extent of Act.
- Close sectionOffences Against the Persons Act 1861
- 1–3: […]1
- 4: Conspiring or soliciting to commit murder.
- 5: Manslaughter.
- 6: […]1
- 7–8: […]1
- 9: Murder or manslaughter abroad.
- 10: Provision for the trial of murder and manslaughter where the death or cause of death only happens in England or Ireland.
- 11–15: […]1
- 16–26: […]1
- 27: […]1
- 28–34: […]1
- 35: […]1
- Assaults.
- Rape, Abduction, and Defilement of Women.
- Bigamy.
- Concealing the Birth of a Child.
- Unnatural Offences.
- Close sectionExplosives Act 1875
- Preliminary
- Part I Law Relating to Gunpowder
- Part II Law relating to Other Explosives
- Part III Administration of Law
- Part IV Supplemental Provisions, Legal Proceedings, Exemptions, and Definitions
- Schedules First Schedule
- Second Schedule Arbitration
- Third Schedule Maximum Fees for Licenses granted by the Secretary of State
- Fourth Schedule1
- Fifth Schedule
- Close sectionExplosive Substances Act 1883
- Close sectionProbation of Offenders Act 1907
- 1: Power of courts to permit conditional release of offenders
- 2: Probation Orders and Conditions of recognizances
- 3: Probation Officers
- 4: Duties of probation officers
- 5: Power to vary conditions of release
- 6: Provision in case of offenders failing to observe conditions of release
- 7: Power to make rules
- 8: Application to Scotland
- 9: Application to Ireland
- 10: Short title and repeal
- Schedule
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Administration Act 1914
- Chapter 58
- Fines, Fees, &c
- Probation
- Committals to Borstal Institutions
- New Powers of dealing with Offenders
- Imprisonment
- Bail and Remand
- Miscellaneous and General
- Schedules First Schedule
- Second Schedule
- Third Schedule Amendment of Enactments relating to Blackmail
- Fourth Schedule Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Evidence) Act 1924
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Administration) Act 1924
- 1: Rules as to indictments
- 2: Making of rules under this Act
- 3: Rules which may be made under this Act
- 4: General provisions as to indictments
- 5: Joinder of charges in the same indictment
- 6: Orders for amendment of indictment, separate trial, and postponement of trial
- 7: Costs of defective or redundant indictments
- 8: Provision as to Vexatious Indictments Act
- 9: Prosecutions to be at suit of Attorney-General
- 10: Form of oath on issue of competence to plead
- 11: Form of oath where prisoner stands mute
- 12: Nolle prosequi and form thereof
- 13: Form of recognizance
- 14: Form of juror’s oath in criminal cases
- 15: Savings and interpretation
- 16: Repeal, extent, and short title
- First Schedule Rules
- Second Schedule Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionFirearms Act 1925
- 1: Definitions and interpretation
- 2: Restrictions on possession, use, and carriage of firearms
- [2A Firearms training certificate.
- [2B Restricted firearms and ammunition
- [2C Prohibited firearms and ammunition
- [2D Prohibition on acquisition or possession of firearms classified in Category A of Directive
- [2E Restriction on licensing of certain firearms.
- [2F Revocation of firearm certificate where holder found in possession of certain loading devices
- 3: [Applications for, and form and effect of, firearm certificates.
- [3A Issue of guidelines by Minister and Commissioner
- [3B Payment of fees for prescribed firearm certificates
- [3C Arrangement for payment of prescribed fees
- [3D Restriction on licensing of short firearms
- [3DA. Restrictions on firearm certificates for semi-automatic centre-fire rifles
- [3E Commissioner to conduct annual review
- 4: Conditions of grant of firearm certificate
- [4A Authorisation of rifle or pistol clubs or shooting ranges
- [4A AMinimum standards for Garda shooting ranges
- [4B Firearms range inspectors
- [4C Prohibition of practical or dynamic shooting
- 5: Revocation of firearm certificates
- [5A Reporting of loss of firearm or ammunition
- [6 Sale of firearm when certificate refused or revoked
- 7: Permit to bring firearm ashore
- 8: Persons disentitled to hold a firearm certificate or a permit
- 9: Register of firearms dealers to be kept
- [9A Tax clearance
- 10: Restrictions on manufacture and sale of firearms
- [10A Reloading of ammunition
- 11: Removal of names from register of firearms dealers
- 12: Register to be kept by firearms dealer
- 13: Inspection of stock of firearms dealer
- 14: Prohibition of manufacture and possession, etc., of weapons discharging noxious liquids
- [14A Offences regarding alteration of marking of firearms
- 15: Possession of firearms with intent to endanger life
- [15A Appeal to District Court
- 16: Restriction on export or removal of firearms or ammunition
- 17: Restrictions on the import of firearms, prohibited weapons and ammunition
- 18: Powers of officers of customs and excise
- 19: Powers and duties of officers of the Post Office
- 20: Prohibition of taking firearms or ammunition in pawn
- 21: Garda Síochána may search for and seize certain firearms, etc
- 22: Powers of members of Garda Síochána
- 23: Forfeiture of firearms, etc., in certain cases
- 24: Search orders
- 25: Punishments
- [25A Surrender of firearms and offensive weapons
- [25B Surrender of firearm for ballistic testing
- [25C Delegation of Commissioner’s functions
- [25D Liability of officers of bodies corporate
- 26: Savings
- [26A Regulations regarding disposal of certain firearms
- 27: Regulations
- [27 ALaying of orders or regulations before Houses of Oireachtas
- [27B Provision of information by Commissioner to Minister for purposes of Act and Firearms (Firearm Certificates For Non-Residents) Act 2000
- 28: Partial continuance of Firearms (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1924
- 29: Repeal
- 30: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionOffences Against the State Act 1939
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 1951
- 1: Court
- 2: Summary trial of indictable offences
- 3: Procedure where accused pleads guilty in District Court to indictable offence
- 4: Punishment on summary conviction for certain indictable offences
- 5: Imposition of consecutive terms of imprisonment by District Court
- 6: Inclusion of summary offences in indictment
- 7: Restriction of section 10(4) of Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851
- 8: Taking of other offences into consideration in awarding punishment
- 9: Deposition as evidence at trial
- 10: Obtaining by false pretences
- 11: Amendment of section 42 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861
- 12: Amendment of sections 51 and 52 of the Malicious Damage Act, 1861
- 13: Unlawful possession
- 14: Release on bail in certain cases by members of Garda Síochána
- 15: Proceedings on arrest
- 16: Power of Circuit Court to release from recognisance
- 17: Recognisances by Corporation
- 18: Exemption of Minister of State, the Attorney General and members of the Garda, Síochána from liability to enter into recognisances
- 19: Transfer of trials by Circuit Court from place to place
- 20: Clearing of court and prohibition of reports of proceedings
- 21: Evidence of decision in cases of summary jurisdiction
- 22: Fiats etc, of Attorney General to be admissible in evidence
- 23: Remission of punishment, forfeitures and disqualifications
- [23A
- 24: […]1
- 25: Disposal of property in possession of Garda Síochána
- 26: Repeals
- 27: Short Title
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 1960
- 1: Definitions
- 2: Temporary release of persons from prisons and from Saint Patrick’s Institution
- [2A Conditional release of persons from prisons
- [2B Period of conditional release
- [2C Variation of conditional release
- [2D Rules relating to conditional release
- 3: Temporary release of criminal lunatics
- 4: Conditions in relation to temporary release
- 5: Power to suspend currency of sentence in respect of period of temporary release
- 6: Persons unlawfully at large
- 7: Arrest of persons unlawfully at large
- 8: Extension of powers in relation to the places of confinement of criminal lunatics
- 9: Remand or committal for trial or sentence of certain young persons to remand institutions
- 10: Power of Minister to transfer a person detained under section 9
- 11: Lawful custody of persons detained under sections 9 and 10
- 12: Discontinuance of use of term “Borstal”
- 13: Sentencing of certain young persons to detention in Saint Patrick’s Institution
- 14: Expenses
- 15: Short title
- Close sectionCourts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961
- Part I Preliminary and General
- Part II Supreme Court, High Court, Chief Justice, President of the High Court, Central Criminal Court and Court Of Criminal Appeal
- Part IV District Court
- Part V Miscellaneous Provisions
- First Schedule
- Second Schedule Pensions of Judges of Courts established by the Principal Act
- Third Schedule Civil Proceedings In Respect of which the Jurisdiction of the High Court Is, with Quantitative Limitations, conferred on the Circuit Court, and Judges of the Circuit Court by whom the Jurisdiction is to be Exercised
- Fourth Schedule Jurisdiction of the Circuit Court under Certain British Statutes and Saorstát Éireann Statutes, and Judges of the Circuit Court by whom the Jurisdiction to be Exercised
- Fifth Schedule Adaptations (In Relation to the Circuit Court and the Judges Thereof) or Certain British Statutes Relating to Former County Courts, Courts of Quarter Sessions and Judges Thereof
- Sixth Schedule Assignment of Justice of District Court to District Court Districts
- Seventh Schedule Existing Courts and Corresponding Established by the Principal Act, and Judges of Existing Courts And Corresponding Judges of Courts Established by the Principal Act
- Eighth Schedule Provisions in relation to Offices and Officers to be Attached to the High Court, the Supreme Court and the President of the High Court
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962
- 1: Definitions
- 2: Legal aid (District Court) certificate
- [2A
- 3: Legal aid (trial on indictment) certificate
- 4: Legal aid (appeal) certificate
- 5: Legal aid (case stated) certificate
- [5A: Legal aid (case stated appeal) certificate
- 6: Legal aid (Supreme Court) certificate
- [6A: Legal aid (monitoring order) certificate
- [6B: Legal aid (protection of persons order) certificate
- [6C: Legal aid (re- trial order) certificate
- 7: Payment of expenses of legal aid out of moneys provided by Oireachtas
- 8: Restriction of section 34 of Courts of Justice Act, 1924, and section 5 of Courts of Justice Act, 1928
- 9: Statement as to means
- 10: Regulations
- 11: Penalty for false or misleading statements
- 12: Commencement
- 13: Expenses
- 14: Short Title
- Close sectionFirearms Act 1964
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Extension of Principal Act to airguns
- 3: Temporary prohibition of game shooting
- 4: Temporary custody of firearms by Garda Síochána in interests of public safety
- 5: Contravention of orders under sections 3 and 4
- 6: Provisions in relation to orders under sections 3 and 4
- 7: Disposal of certain firearms and ammunition in the possession of the Garda Síochána
- 8: Disposal of firearms in certain circumstances
- 9: Renewal of firearm certificate
- 10: Period of validity of firearm certificate granted by Minister
- 11: Change of firearm to which firearm certificate relates
- 12: Limited use of shot-gun
- 13: Sale of firearms by auctioneers
- 14: Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act
- 15: Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act
- 16: Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act
- 17: Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act
- 18: Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act
- 19: Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act
- 20: Amendment of section 16 of Principal Act,
- 21: Amendment of section 17 of Principal*
- 22: Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act
- 23: Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act
- 24: Onus of proof
- 25: Extension of sections 23 and 28 of Larceny Act, 1916
- 26: Possession of firearm while taking vehicle without authority
- 27: Prohibition of use of firearms to resist arrest or aid escape
- [27A: Possession of firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances
- [27B: Carrying firearm with criminal intent
- [27C: Provisions relating to minimum sentences under Firearms Acts 1925 to 2006
- 28: Repeals
- 29: Short title and collective citation
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 1964
- Close sectionExtradition Act 1965
- Close sectionCriminal Procedure Act 1967
- Close sectionJuries Act 1976
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act 1976
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Offences committed in Northern Ireland and related offences committed in State
- 3: Escape from custody in Northern Ireland
- 4: Explosive substances
- 5: Robbery
- 6: Burglary
- 7: Aggravated burglary
- 8: Possession of firearm or ammunition in suspicious circumstances
- 9: Carrying firearm with criminal intent
- 10: Unlawful seizure of vehicles.
- 11: Taking of evidence in Northern Ireland for criminal trial in State
- 12: Taking of evidence in State for criminal trial in Northern Ireland
- 13: Provisions relating to custody and immunity of persons in State for taking of evidence under section 12 and to persons unlawfully at large
- 14: Option for trial in Northern Ireland
- 15: Prevention of double jeopardy
- 16: Right of audience
- 17: Power to prohibit publication of names and addresses of witnesses
- [18 Restriction of section 4F of Criminal Procedure Act, 1967
- 19: Arrest without warrant
- 20: Supplementary provisions
- 21: Repeals, amendments and transitional provision
- 22: Short title and commencement
- Schedule Common law offences
- Close sectionCriminal Law Act 1976
- 1: Definitions
- 2: Penalties for certain offences under Act of 1939
- 3: Incitement or invitation to join etc. an unlawful organisation
- 4: Amendment of section 25 of Act of 1939
- 5: Search warrants relating to commission of offences under Act of 1939 etc.
- 6: Escape from custody
- 7: Power of Garda Síochána in relation to certain arrested persons
- 8: Power of Garda Síochána to search vehicles and persons in vehicles
- 9: Power to retain articles seized
- 10: Prohibition of possession of photographs etc. of certain buildings.
- 11: Certain offences to be felonies
- 12: Prohibition of giving certain false information
- 13: Offence committed while serving sentence
- 14: Restriction of meaning of “document” in sections 13 and 14 of Act of 1939
- 15: Power of Defence Forces to arrest and search in certain circumstances
- 16: Short title and application
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Verdicts) Act 1976
- Close sectionMisuse of Drugs Act 1977
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Controlled drugs
- 3: Restriction on possession of controlled drugs
- 4: Regulations permitting possession of controlled drugs
- 5: Regulations to prevent misuse of controlled drugs
- 6: Directions prohibiting prescribing, supply etc of controlled drugs by practitioners or pharmacists convicted of offences
- 7: Special directions prohibiting prescribing etc. of controlled drug in certain cases
- 8: Investigation of cases where Minister considers there are grounds for special direction
- 9: Prohibition of prescribing etc. in cases of urgency
- 10: Investigation on initiative of Dental Board, Medical Registration Council or Veterinary Council
- 11: Appeals
- 12: Regulations (committees and panels)
- 13: Additional powers in relation to certain controlled drugs
- 14: Licences etc
- Amendments by legislation not yet commenced (May 2024)
- 15: Possession of controlled drugs for unlawful sale or supply
- [15A Offence relating to possession of drugs with value of [€13,000]1 or more
- [15B Importation of controlled drugs in excess of certain value.
- [15C Supply of controlled drugs into prisons and places of detention
- 16: Prohibition of certain activities etc. relating to opium
- 17: Prohibition of cultivation of opium poppy or cannabis plant
- 18: Forged or fraudulently altered prescriptions
- 19: Occupiers etc. permitting certain activities to take place on land, vehicle or vessel to be guilty of an offence
- 20: Offences relating to acts outside the State
- 21: Attempts etc. and miscellaneous other offences
- 22: Onus of proof
- 23: Power of Garda Síochána to search persons, vehicles, vessels or aircraft
- 24: Powers to inspect and demand production of drugs, books or documents
- 25: Power of arrest
- 26: Search warrants
- 27: Penalties
- 28: Power of court to remand persons convicted under section 3, 15, 16, 17 or 18 and to obtain a report and in certain cases to arrange for the medical treatment or for the care of such persons
- 29: Defences generally
- 30: Forfeiture
- 31: Offences in relation to bodies corporate
- 32: Poisons for purposes of Pharmacy Acts, 1875 to 1962
- 33: Amendment of Poisons Act, 1961
- 34: Amendment of section 2 of Pharmacy Act, 1962
- 35: Amendment of Pharmacopoeia Act, 1931
- 36: Amendment of section 65 of Health Act, 1947
- 37: Service etc. of notices
- 38: Regulations generally; laying of orders
- 39: Expenses
- 40: Collection and disposal of moneys payable under Act
- 41: Repeal of Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934, and transitional provision
- 42: Miscellaneous repeals and transitional provisions
- 43: Short title, commencement and collective citations
- Schedule
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Rape) Act 1981
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Meaning of “rape”
- 3: Restrictions on evidence at trials for rape offences
- [4 Proceedings under Part IA of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967.
- [4A Legal representation for complainants
- 5: Trials of juveniles
- 6: Exclusion of the public
- 7: Anonymity of complainants
- 8: Anonymity of accused
- 9: Trials by court-martial
- 10: Punishment of indecent assault on female
- 11: Penalty for publication of unauthorised matter
- 12: Summary jurisdiction
- 13: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Persons to whom Act applies
- 3: Community service order
- 4: Conditions required for making of community service order
- 5: Provisions regarding more than one community service order
- 6: Provisions consequential on making of community service order
- 7: Requirements under community service order and failure to comply with such requirements
- 8: Alternative methods of dealing with offence under section 7(4)
- 9: Extension of time for performance of work under community service order
- 10: Change of residence by offender
- 11: Revocation of community service order
- 12: Jurisdiction
- 13: Power to summon or order arrest
- 14: Regulations
- 15: Expenses
- 16: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionMisuse of Drugs Act 1984
- 1: Definition
- 2: New definition of ‘cannabis’ and ‘opium poppy’ and other amendments of section 1(1) of Principal Act
- 3: Investigation of case where Minister considers there are grounds for special direction
- 4: Temporary direction pending investigation under section 8
- 5: Printing etc. of certain books etc., communication of certain information and possession of certain documents an offence.
- 6: Penalties
- 7: Penalties for offences under Customs Acts relating to controlled drugs
- 8: Power of court to remand person convicted of offence to which section 7 applies and to obtain a report and in certain cases to arrange for the medical or other treatment or for the care of such person
- 9: Offences to which section 7 applies; presumption, defences, etc
- 10: Evidential value of certain certificates
- 11: Amendment sections 17 and 19 of Principal Act
- 12: Amendment of section 23 of the Principal Act
- 13: Amendment of section 26 of Principal Act
- 14: Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act
- 15: Repeals
- 16: Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 1984
- Close sectionCourts (No 3) Act 1986
- Close sectionFirearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 1990
- 1: Abolition of death penalty
- 2: Sentence for treason and murder
- 3: Special provision in relation to certain murders and attempts
- 4: Minimum period of imprisonment for treason and murder, and attempts, to which section 3 applies
- 5: Restrictions on power to commute or remit punishment or grant temporary release
- 6: Procedure in cases of murder, and attempts, to which section 3 applies
- 7: Consequential amendments
- 8: Transitional provisions
- 9: Repeals
- 10: Short title
- First Schedule Consequential Amendments
- Second Schedule Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Sexual assault
- 3: Aggravated sexual assault
- 4: Rape under section 4
- 5: Abolition of marital exemption in relation to rape
- 6: Capacity to commit offences of a sexual nature
- 7: Corroboration of evidence in proceedings in relation to offences of a sexual nature
- 8: Alternative verdicts
- [9
- 10: Trial of persons for certain offences by Central Criminal Court
- 11: Exclusion of the public from hearings
- 12: Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act
- 13: Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act
- 14: Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act
- 15: Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act
- 16: Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act
- 17: Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act
- 18: Amendment of section 18 of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935
- Note
- 19: Amendment of Defence Act, 1954
- 20: Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act, 1967
- 21: Repeals
- 22: Short title, collective citation, construction, commencement and transitional provision
- Schedule Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionCourts Act 1991
- Close sectionCriminal Damage Act 1991
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Damaging property
- 3: Threat to damage property
- 4: Possessing any thing with intent to damaged property
- 5: Unauthorised accessing of data
- 6: “Without lawful excuse”
- 7: Proceedings
- 8: Jurisdiction of District Court
- 9–11: […]1
- 12: Arrest without warrant
- 13: Search warrant
- 14: Minor and consequential changes in existing law
- 15: Repeal
- 16: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Evidence Act 1992
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 1993
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Review of certain sentences
- 3: Appeal on point of law to Supreme Court
- 4: Minor and consequential provisions
- 5: Effect of certain offences on persons in respect of whom committed
- [5A: Evidence through television link
- [5B: Evidence through intermediary
- 6: Compensation order
- 7: Payment of compensation to District Court clerks for transmission, and attachment of earnings orders
- 8: Suspension of compensation order pending appeal
- 9: Effect of compensation order on civil proceedings
- 10: Service of documents
- 11: Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act, 1967
- 12: Amendment of Punishment of Incest Act, 1908
- 13: Repeals
- 14: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Suicide) Act 1993
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Abolition of offence of buggery between persons
- 3: Buggery of persons under 17 years of age
- 4: Gross indecency with males under 17 years of age
- 5: Protection of mentally impaired persons
- 6: Soliciting or importuning for purposes of commission of sexual offence
- 7: Soliciting or importuning for purposes of prostitution
- [7A: Payment etc. for sexual activity with prostitute
- 8: Loitering for purposes of prostitution
- 9: Organisation of prostitution
- 10: Living on earnings of prostitution
- 11: Brothel keeping
- 12: Amendment of section 19 of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935 (search of brothels)
- 13: Powers of arrest
- 14: Repeals
- 15: Short title and collective citation
- Schedule Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionCriminal Procedure Act 1993
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Review by Court of Criminal Appeal of alleged miscarriage of justice or excessive sentence
- 3: Jurisdiction of Court of Criminal Appeal in relation to appeals
- 4: Re-trial
- 5: Summary determination
- 6: Application where conviction or sentence of court-martial
- 7: Petition for grant of pardon
- 8: Committee to inquire into alleged miscarriages of justice
- 9: Compensation for miscarriage of justice
- 10: Uncorroborated confession
- 11: Appeal from Central Criminal Court
- 12: Expenses
- 13: Repeals
- 14: Short title
- Schedule Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 1994
- Part I Preliminary
- Part II Confiscation
- Part III Enforcement, etc. of Confiscation Orders
- Part IV Money Laundering
- Part V Drug Trafficking Offences at Sea
- Part VI [Search for, Seizure and Disposal of Money Gained From, or For Use In, Criminal Conduct]1
- Part VII International Co-operation
- Part VIII Supplementary
- First Schedule Enforcement Powers in Respect of Ships
- [Schedule 1A Relevant Offences
- Second Schedule Taking of Evidence for Use Outside State
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Powers of detention
- 3: Amendment of Act of 1990
- 4: Rearrest
- 5: Application of certain provisions of Act of 1984
- 6: Regulations regarding officers of customs and excise
- 7: Inferences from failure of accused to mention particular facts
- 8: Search warrants
- 9: Amendment of Public Dance Halls Act, 1935
- 10: Expenses
- 11: Duration of certain sections
- 12: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Amendment of section 4 of Criminal Justice Act, 1984
- 3: Station bail
- 4: Extending periods of remand in custody
- 5: Jurisdiction of District Court and place of remand
- 6: Certificates of evidence relating to certain matters
- 7: Recording of evidence
- 8: Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions to summary disposal of certain offences
- 9: Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions to other offences being taken into consideration in awarding punishment
- 10: Search warrants in relation to arrestable offences
- 11: Electronic recording of fingerprints and palmprints
- 12: Amendment of section 28 of Criminal Justice Act, 1984
- 13: Extension of section 8 of Criminal Law Act, 1976
- 14: Amendment of section 32 of Act of 1994
- 15: Amendment of Act of 1994
- 16: Amendment of section 2 of Criminal Evidence Act, 1992
- 17: Amendment of section 23 of Act of 1951
- 18: Amendment of section 15 of Act of 1951
- 19: Power to make Prison Rules
- 20: Amendment of Courts Act, 1971
- 21: Commencement
- 22: Expenses
- 23: Repeal of enactments
- 24: Short title
- First Schedule
- Second Schedule
- Close sectionCriminal Law Act 1997
- 1: Commencement
- 2: Interpretation
- 3: Abolition of distinction between felony and misdemeanour
- 4: Arrest without warrant
- 5: Arrest on warrant or order of committal
- 6: Entry and search of premises to effect an arrest
- 7: Penalties for assisting offenders
- 8: Penalty for concealing offence
- 9: Trial of offences
- 10: Powers of dealing with offenders
- 11: Abolition of penal servitude, hard labour and prison divisions
- 12: Abolition of corporal punishment
- 13: Amendment of particular enactments
- 14: Amendment of Defence Act, 1954
- 15: Savings and other general provisions
- 16: Repeals
- 17: Short title
- First Schedule Amendment of Particular Enactments
- Second Schedule Amendment of Defence Act, 1954
- Third Schedule Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionBail Act 1997
- 1: Interpretation
- [1A: Statement by applicants for bail charged with serious offences
- 2: Refusal of bail
- [2A: Evidence in applications for bail under section 2
- 3: Renewal of bail application
- 4: Evidence of previous criminal record
- 5: Payment of moneys into court, etc
- 6: Conditions of bail
- [6A: Application of section 6 in relation to certain appellants
- 7: Sufficiency of bailspersons
- 8: Endorsement on warrants as to release on bail
- [9: Estreatment of recognisance and forfeiture of moneys paid into court
- [9A: Power to hear complainant evidence in bail applications
- [9B: Requirement to give reasons for bail decisions
- 10: Amendment of Criminal Justice Act, 1984
- 11: Amendment of Act of 1967
- [11A: Regulations
- 12: Repeals
- 13: Short title and commencement
- Schedule Common law offences
- Close sectionNon-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Assault
- 3: Assault causing harm
- [3A: Non-fatal strangulation or non-fatal suffocation
- 4: Causing serious harm
- [4A: Non-fatal strangulation or non-fatal suffocation causing serious harm
- 5: Threats to kill or cause serious harm
- 6: Syringe, etc., attacks
- 7: Offence of possession of syringe, etc., in certain circumstances and seizure thereof by member of Garda Síochána
- 8: Placing or abandoning syringe
- 9: Coercion
- 10: Harassment
- [10A: Prohibition on publication or broadcast of certain material
- 11: Demands for payment of debt causing alarm, etc
- 12: Poisoning
- 13: Endangerment
- 14: Endangering traffic
- 15: False imprisonment
- 16: Abduction of child by parent, etc
- 17: Abduction of child by other persons
- 18: Justifiable use of force; protection of person or property, prevention of crime, etc
- 19: Justifiable use of force in effecting or assisting lawful arrest
- 20: Meaning of “use of force” and related provisions
- 21: Amendment of section 6 of the Criminal Damage Act, 1991
- 22: General defences, etc
- 23: Consent by minor over 16 years to surgical, medical and dental treatment
- 24: Abolition of common law rule in respect of immunity of teachers from criminal liability for punishing pupils
- [24A: Abolition of defence of reasonable chastisement
- 25: Evidential value of certain certificates signed by medical practitioners
- 26: Amendment of Schedule to Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act, 1976
- 27: Amendment of First Schedule to Extradition (Amendment) Act, 1994
- 28: Abolition of common law offences of assault and battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment
- 29: Amendment of section 9 of Criminal Law Act, 1997
- 30: Amendment of Schedule to Bail Act, 1997
- 31: Repeals
- 32: Short title and commencement
- Schedule Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionChild Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998
- 1: Short title and commencement
- 2: Interpretation
- 3: Child trafficking and taking, etc., child for sexual exploitation
- Aggravating factor: certain offences under section 3 committed by public official during performance of duties
- 4: Allowing child to be used for child pornography
- [4A: Organising etc. child prostitution or production of child pornography
- [5: Producing, distributing, etc. child pornography
- [5A: Participation of child in pornographic performance
- [6: Possession of child pornography
- 7: Entry, search and seizure
- 8: Forfeiture
- 9: Offences by bodies corporate
- 10: Amendment of Criminal Evidence Act, 1992
- 11: Amendment of Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act, 1996
- 12: Amendment of Bail Act, 1997
- [13
- Close sectionOffences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Membership of an unlawful organisation: inferences that may be drawn
- 3: Notification of witnesses
- 4: Amendment of section 3 of Offences against the State (Amendment) Act, 1972
- 5: Inferences from failure of accused to mention particular facts
- [6 Directing an unlawful organisation
- 7: Possession of articles for purposes connected with certain offences
- 8: Unlawful collection of information
- 9: Withholding information
- 10: Extension of period of detention under section 30 of Act of 1939
- 11: Rearrest under section 30 of Act of 1939
- 12: Training persons in the making or use of firearms, etc
- 13: Provision in relation to section 52 of Act of 1939
- 14: Offences under Act to be scheduled offences
- 15: Penalties for certain offences
- 16: Amendment of Schedule to Bail Act, 1997
- 17: Forfeiture of property
- 18: Duration of certain sections
- 19: Short title, construction and collective citation
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 1999
- Close sectionSex Offenders Act 2001
- Part 1 Preliminary and General
- Part 2 Obligations of Sex Offenders to Notify Certain Information
- [Part 2A Assessment and Management of Risk Posed by Sex Offenders
- Part 3 Sex Offenders Orders
- Part 4 Provision of Information for Employment Purposes
- [Part 4A Prohibition on Working with Children and Vulnerable Persons
- Part 5 Post-Release Supervision for Sex Offenders
- Part 6 Miscellaneous
- Schedule Sexual Offences for Purposes of Act
- Close sectionChildren Act 2001
- Part 1 Preliminary
- Part 2 Family Welfare Conferences
- Part 3 Amendment of Act of 1991
- Part 4 Diversion Programme
- Part 5 [Restriction On Criminal Proceedings Against Certain Children]1
- Part 6 Treatment of Child Suspects in Garda Síochána Stations
- Part 7 Children Court
- Part 8 Proceedings in Court
- Part 9 Powers of Courts in Relation to Child Offenders
- Part 10 Children Detention Schools
- Part 11 Special Residential Services Board
- Part 12 Protection of Children
- [Part 12A Anti-Social Behaviour by Children
- Part 13 Miscellaneous
- Schedule 1 Offences Against Children
- Schedule 2 Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Theft And Fraud Offences) Act 2001
- Part 1 Preliminary
- Part 2 Theft and Related Offences
- Part 3 Handling, etc. Stolen Property and Other Proceeds of Crime
- Part 4 Forgery
- Part 5 Counterfeiting
- Part 6 Convention on Protection of European Communities’ Financial Interests
- Part 7 Investigation of Offences
- Part 8 Trial of Offences
- Part 9 Miscellaneous
- Schedule 1 Enactments Repealed
- [Schedule 1A Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law
- Schedules 2–9
- Close sectionEuropean Arrest Warrant Act 2003
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Orders
- 3: Designated centres
- 4: Fitness to be tried
- 5: Verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity
- 6: Diminished responsibility
- 7: Appeals (fitness to be tried)
- 8: Appeals (not guilty by reason of insanity)
- 9: Appeals (supplemental provisions)
- 10: Establishment day
- 11: Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board
- 12: Powers of Review Board
- 13: Review of detention
- [13A: Persons may be discharged subject to conditions, etc
- [13B: Material breach of conditional discharge order
- [13C: Arrangements to provide services
- 14: Temporary release, transfer and other matters
- 15: Transfer of prisoner to designated centre
- 16: Clinical director of designated centre to be notified of date on which prisoner detained in centre ceases to be prisoner, etc
- 17: Review of prisoner’s detention in designated centre
- 18: Transfer back to prison
- 19: Notice to be given of intention to adduce evidence as to mental condition, etc
- 20: Application to existing detentions
- 21: Amendment of Defence Act 1954
- 22: Amendment of Infanticide Act 1949
- 23: Expenses
- 24: Grants to Review Board
- 25: Repeals and transitional provision
- 26: Short title and commencement
- Schedule 1 Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board
- Schedule 2 Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006
- 1: Definitions
- 2: Sexual act with child under 15 years of age
- 3: Sexual act with child under 17 years of age
- [3A: Offence by person in authority
- 4: Summary trial of offences
- 5: Female child under 17 years of age not guilty of offence
- 6: Application of certain enactments
- 7: Amendment of certain enactments
- 8: Repeals
- 9: Short title
- Schedule Enactments Repealed
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 2006
- Part 1 Preliminary and General
- Part 2 Investigation of Offences
- Part 3 Admissibility of Certain Witness Statements
- Part 4 Appeals in Certain Criminal Proceedings
- Part 5 Amendment of Firearms Acts
- Part 6 Amendment of Explosives Act 1875
- Part 7 Organised Crime
- Part 8 Misuse of Drugs
- Part 9 Obligations of Drug Trafficking Offenders to Notify Certain Information
- Part 10 Sentencing
- Part 11 Civil Proceedings in Relation to Anti-Social Behaviour
- Part 12 Amendment of Children Act 2001
- Part 13 Anti-Social Behaviour by Children
- Part 14 Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee
- Part 15 Miscellaneous
- Schedule 1 Increase of Certain Penalties under Firearms Acts 1925 to 2000
- Schedule 2 Increase in Certain Penalties under Explosives Act 1875
- Schedule 3 Offences for the purposes of restriction on movement orders
- Schedule 4 Minor and Consequential Amendments of Children Act 2001
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Act 2007
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 2007
- Part 1 Preliminary and General
- Part 2 Amendment of Enactments Relating to Bail
- Part 3 Sentencing
- Part 4 Inferences to be Drawn in Certain Circumstances
- Part 5 Misuse of Drugs
- Part 6 Amendment of Firearms Acts 1925 to 2006
- Part 7 Amendment of Garda Síochána Act 2005
- Part 8 Amendments to the Sea-Fisheries Acts 2003 and 2006
- Part 9 Miscellaneous
- Schedule 1 Enactments Repealed
- Schedule 2 Offences for the Purposes of Part 3
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Trafficking, etc., of children
- 3: Trafficking, taking, etc., of child for purpose of sexual exploitation
- 4: Trafficking of persons other than children
- [4A: Aggravating factor: offences under section 2 or 4 committed by public official during performance of duties
- 5: Soliciting or importuning for purposes of prostitution of trafficked person
- 6: Offences by bodies corporate
- 7: Jurisdiction
- 8: Proceedings relating to offences committed outside State
- 9: Double jeopardy
- 10: Exclusion of members of public from proceedings
- 11: Anonymity of victims of trafficking
- 12: Amendment of Criminal Evidence Act 1992
- 13: Amendment of Act of 2001
- 14: Amendment of Bail Act 1997
- 15: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Application of Act
- 3: Surveillance
- 4: Application for authorisation
- 5: Authorisation
- 6: Variation or renewal of authorisation
- 7: Approval for surveillance in cases of urgency
- 8: Tracking devices
- 9: Retention of materials relating to applications and reports
- 10: Restriction of disclosure of existence of authorisations and other documents
- 11: Complaints procedure
- [12: Review of operation of this Act by designated judge
- “12: Duties of Independent Examiner in relation to Act
- 13: Confidentiality of information
- 14: Admissibility of evidence
- 15: Disclosure of information
- 16: Regulations
- 17: Amendment of Garda Síochána Act 2005
- 18: Amendment of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961
- 19: Short title
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009
- Close sectionCourts and Court Officers Act 2009
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010
- Part 1
- Part 2 Money Laundering Offences
- Parts 3 and 4 not reproduced here
- Part 5 Miscellaneous
- Schedule 1 Revocations of Statutory Instruments
- Schedule 2 Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on Access to the Activity of Credit Institutions and the Prudential Supervision of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms, Amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC
- Schedule 3 Non-exhaustive list of factors suggesting potentially lower risk
- Schedule 4 Non-exhaustive list of factors suggesting potentially higher risk
- Close sectionFines Act 2010
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Exclusions from application of Act
- 3: Prohibition of sale, etc. of psychoactive substances
- 4: Prohibition of sale of certain objects
- 5: Prohibition of advertising of psychoactive substances, etc
- 6: Sale, etc. of psychoactive substances permitted in certain circumstances
- 7: Prohibition notice
- 8: Prohibition order
- 9: Variation of prohibition orders
- 10: Closure order
- 11: Variation or discharge of closure orders
- 12: Powers of Garda Síochána to enter and search, etc
- 13: Power of Garda Síochána to search persons, vehicles, etc
- 14: Powers of officers of Customs and Excise
- 15: Obstruction
- 16: Taking of samples
- 17: Laboratories
- 18: Provisions relating to evidence in proceedings under Act
- 19: Disposal of things seized
- 20: Offences
- 21: Jurisdiction
- 22: Amendment of Customs and Excise (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988
- 23: Amendment of Bail Act 1997
- 24: Expenses
- 25: Regulations and orders
- 26: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Procedure Act 2010
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2011
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 2011
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) Act 2011
- 1: Definitions
- 2: Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act
- 3: Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act
- 4: Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act
- 5: Provisions consequential to orders made in District Court or Circuit Court
- 6: Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act
- 7: Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act
- 8: Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act
- 9: Change of residence by offender in respect of orders made in District Court or Circuit Court
- 10: Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act
- 11: Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act
- 12: Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act
- 13: References to Probation and Welfare Service, etc
- 14: Short title, collective citation and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Offence of withholding information on certain offences against children
- 3: Offence of withholding information on certain offences against vulnerable persons
- 4: Defences to offence under section 2 or 3
- 5: Prescribed organisations
- 6: Prescribed persons
- 7: Penalties
- 8: Amendment of section 9 of Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998
- 9: Amendment of section 16(2) of Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012
- 10: Orders
- 11: Expenses
- 12: Short title and commencement
- Schedule 1 Offences against children for purposes of offence under section 2
- Schedule 2 Offences against vulnerable persons for purposes of offence under section 3
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Search Warrants) Act 2012
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 2013
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Act 2013
- Close sectionFines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014
- Part 1 Preliminary and General
- Part 2 Taking of Samples from Persons in Custody of Garda Síochána
- Part 3 Taking of Samples from Volunteers to Generate DNA Profiles
- Part 4 Taking of Samples from Other Persons or Bodies for Reference Index of DNA Database System
- Part 5 Taking of Samples for Elimination Purposes1
- Part 6 Taking of Samples from Persons or Bodies for Purposes of Identification Division of DNA Database System
- Part 7 Taking of Certain Samples under Parts 3 and 6 from Protected Persons or Children
- Part 8 DNA Database System
- Part 9 DNA Database System Oversight Committee
- Part 10 Destruction of Samples and Destruction, or Removal from DNA Database System, of DNA Profiles
- Part 11 Provisions Relating to Fingerprints, Palm Prints and Photographs
- Part 12 International Cooperation
- Part 13 Miscellaneous
- Close sectionMisuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015
- Close sectionChildren (Amendment) Act 2015
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Act 2015
- Close sectionMisuse of Drugs (Amendment) Act 2016
- 1: Definition
- 2: Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act
- 3: Amendment of section 5 of Principal Act
- 4: Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act
- 5: Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act
- 6: Amendment of Schedule to Principal Act
- 7: Revocation of certain statutory instruments
- 8: Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement
- Schedule
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Accessing information system without lawful authority, etc.
- 3: Interference with information system without lawful authority
- 4: Interference with data without lawful authority
- 5: Intercepting transmission of data without lawful authority
- 6: Use of computer programme, password, code or data for purposes of section 2, 3, 4 or 5
- 7: Search warrant
- 8: Penalties
- 9: Liability for offences by body corporate, etc.
- 10: Jurisdiction
- 11: Evidence in proceedings for offences outside State
- 12: Double jeopardy
- 13: Amendment of Criminal Damage Act 1991
- 14: Amendment of Bail Act 1997
- 15: Amendment of Criminal Justice Act 2011
- 16: Expenses
- 17: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 2017
- 1: Definition
- 2: Amendment of Criminal Justice Act 1984
- 3: Amendment of Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994
- 4: Amendment of Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996
- 5: Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1997
- 6: Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1997
- 7: Amendment of section 6B of Act of 1997
- 8: Power to hear complainant evidence in bail applications
- 9: Requirement to give reasons for bail decisions
- 10: Amendment of Schedule to Act of 1997
- 11: Amendment of Criminal Justice Act 2007
- 12: Amendment of Criminal Justice Act 2011
- 13: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017
- Close sectionDomestic Violence Act 2018
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018
- Close sectionCriminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act 2019
- Close sectionCivil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020
- Close sectionHarassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020
- 1: Interpretation
- 2: Distributing, publishing or threatening to distribute or publish intimate image without consent with intent to cause harm or being reckless as to whether harm is caused
- 3: Recording, distributing or publishing intimate image without consent
- 4: Distributing, publishing or sending threatening or grossly offensive communication
- 5: Anonymity of victim of offence under section 2 or 3
- 6: Liability of directors and officers of corporate bodies
- 7: Summary proceedings: time limit of two years
- 8: Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions
- 9: Amendment of Schedule to Bail Act 1997
- 10: Amendment of section 10 of Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997
- 11: Amendment of section 40 of Domestic Violence Act 2018
- 12: Review of operation of Act
- 13: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Act 2021
- 1: Definition
- 2: Interpretation (Part 6)
- 3: Fraud affecting financial interests of European Union
- 4: Misappropriation
- 5: Liability for offences by body corporate, etc. (Part 6)
- 6: Amendment of section 45 of Principal Act
- 7: Amendment of section 58 of Principal Act
- 8: Amendment of Principal Act – Schedule
- 9: Amendment of Criminal Justice Act 1994
- 10: Amendment of Criminal Justice Act 2011
- 11: Amendment of European Union (Passenger Name Record Data) Regulations 2018
- 12: Repeals
- 13: Short title, collective citation and commencement
- Schedule1
- Close sectionCriminal Procedure Act 2021
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021
- 1: Definitions and Application
- 2: Perjury
- 3: Subornation of perjury
- 4: References to perjury or subornation of perjury
- 5: False statements on oath made otherwise than in judicial or other proceedings
- 6: False statutory declarations and other false statements without oath
- 7: Fabrication of evidence
- 8: Incitement to commit offence
- 9: Corroboration
- 10: Proof of certain proceedings on which perjury is assigned
- 11: Form of oath and perjury, etc.
- 12: Penalties
- 13: Liability of directors and officers of corporate bodies
- 14: Proceedings for offences
- 15: Savings
- 16: Repeals and amendments
- 17: Short title and commencement
- Schedule 1
- Schedule 2
- Schedule 3 Amendments to Relevant Acts
- Close sectionCounterfeiting Act 2021
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2021
- 1: Amendment of section 49 of Dublin Police Magistrates Act 1808
- 2: Amendment of section 40 of Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act 1831
- 3: Amendment of section 32 of Refreshment Houses (Ireland) Act 1860
- 4: Amendment of section 15 of Firearms Act 1925
- 5: Amendment of Firearms Act 1964
- 6: Amendment of section 27 of Misuse of Drugs Act 1977
- 7: Amendment of section 12A of Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990
- 8: Amendment of section 25 of Criminal Justice Act 2007
- 9: Amendment of section 24 of Parole Act 2019
- 10: Retrospective application of certain amendments
- 11: Short title and commencement
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Act 2021
- Close sectionSex Offenders (Amendment) Act 2023
- Close sectionCriminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023
- Part 1 Preliminary and general
- Part 2 Conspiracy to murder
- Part 3 Amendment of Explosives Act 1875 and Firearms Act 1925
- Part 4 Amendment of Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997
- Part 5 Civil orders against relevant conduct
- Part 6 [Part 6 Not Reproduced Here]
- Part 7 Anonymity of witnesses in criminal proceedings
- Part 8 Forensic Science Ireland Certificate Evidence
- Part 9 Miscellaneous
- Close sectionCriminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) Regulations 1987
- Rules of the Superior Courts (Criminal Justice Act 1999) 2005