Criminal Justice and Courts Bill PDF Download

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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ISBN: 9780215070951
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Languages : en
Pages : 109

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Book Description
The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill is in 5 Parts and contains 8 Schedules. Part 1 and Schedules 1 to 2 make provision about criminal justice including provision about sentencing and the release and recall of offenders and about the electronic monitoring of offenders released on licence, and about the giving of cautions. Part 1 also contains provision about the offence of possessing extreme pornography. Part 2 and Schedules 3 and 4 make provision about the detention of young offenders, about giving cautions and conditional cautions to youths and about referral orders. Part 3 and Schedules 5 to 8 make provision about courts and tribunals including provisions creating a new procedure for use in criminal proceedings in the magistrates' courts in certain circumstances, provision about the recovery of the costs of the criminal courts from offenders, about appeals and costs in civil proceedings and about contempt of court and juries. Part 4 provides for the circumstances in which the High Court and the Upper Tribunal may refuse relief in judicial review proceedings and about funding and costs in relation to such proceedings.Part 5 contains a power to make provision consequential on or supplementary to the other provisions of the Bill and general provisions including about the commencement of the Bill and its extent.