Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2007
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Number 36 of 2007 | ||||||
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007 | ||||||
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1. Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 1967. | ||||||
2. Short title. | ||||||
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Acts Referred to | ||||||
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Number 36 of 2007 | ||||||
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007 | ||||||
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1967. | ||||||
[25th October, 2007] | ||||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: | ||||||
Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 1967. |
1.— Section 22 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 is amended by— |
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(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3) (inserted by section 18 (b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 ): |
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“(3) A recognisance to which subsection (2) applies may be taken by— |
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(a) any judge of the District Court, |
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(b) any District Court clerk, |
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(c) a peace commissioner designated for that purpose by order of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, |
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(d) the governor of a prison, or |
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(e) a prison officer designated for that purpose by the governor of a prison.”, |
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and |
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(b) the insertion of the following subsection: |
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“(5) In this section ‘ prison ’ has the same meaning as it has in the Prisons Act 2007 .”. |
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Short title. |
2.— This Act may be cited as the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2007. |
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