The Criminal Procedure Rules 2011

1. Introductory Text

2. General matters

   1. 1 The overriding objective

   2. 2 Understanding and applying the Rules

   3. 3 Case management

   4. 4 Service of documents

   5. 5 Forms and court records

3. Preliminary proceedings

   1. 6 Investigation orders

   2. 7 Starting a prosecution in a magistrates’ court

   3. 8 Discontinuing a prosecution

   4. 9 [empty]

   5. 10 Committal for trial

   6. 11 Transfer for trial of serious fraud cases or cases involving children

   7. 12 Sending for trial

   8. 13 Dismissal of charges transferred or sent to the Crown Court

   9. 14 The indictment

   10. 15 Preparatory hearings in the Crown Court

   11. 16 Reporting, etc. restrictions

   12. 17 Extradition

4. Custody and bail

   1. 18 Warrants for arrest, detention or imprisonment

   2. 19 Bail in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court

   3. 20 Custody time limits

5. Disclosure

   1. 21 Initial details of the prosecution case

   2. 22 Disclosure

   3. 23 [empty]

   4. 24 [empty]

   5. 25 [empty]

   6. 26 [empty]

6. Evidence

   1. 27 Witness statements

   2. 28 Witness summonses, warrants and orders

   3. 29 Measures to assist a witness or defendant to give evidence

   4. 30 [empty]

   5. 31 Restriction on cross-examination by a defendant acting in person

   6. 32 International co-operation

   7. 33 Expert evidence

   8. 34 Hearsay evidence

   9. 35 Evidence of bad character

   10. 36 Evidence of a complainant’s previous sexual behaviour

7. Trial

   1. 37 Trial and sentence in a magistrates’ court

   2. 38 [empty]

   3. 39 Trial on indictment

   4. 40 Tainted acquittals

   5. 41 Retrial following acquittal for serious offence

8. Sentencing

   1. 42 Sentencing procedures in special cases

   2. 43 [empty]

   3. 44 Breach, revocation and amendment of community and other orders

   4. 45 [empty]

   5. 46 [empty]

   6. 47 [empty]

   7. 48 [empty]

   8. 49 [empty]

   9. 50 Civil behaviour orders after verdict or finding

   10. 51 [empty]

   11. 52 Enforcement of fines and other orders for payment

   12. 53 [empty]

   13. 54 [empty]

   14. 55 Road traffic penalties

9. Confiscation and related proceedings

   1. 56 Confiscation proceedings under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the Drug Trafficking Act 1994

   2. 57 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: rules applicable to all proceedings

   3. 58 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: rules applicable only to confiscation proceedings

   4. 59 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: rules applicable only to restraint proceedings

   5. 60 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: rules applicable only to receivership proceedings

   6. 61 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: rules applicable to restraint and receivership proceedings

10. Contempt of court

    1. 62 Contempt of court

11. Appeal

    1. 63 Appeal to the Crown Court

    2. 64 Appeal to the High Court by way of case stated

    3. 65 Appeal to the Court of Appeal: general rules

    4. 66 Appeal to the Court of Appeal against ruling at preparatory hearing

    5. 67 Appeal to the Court of Appeal against ruling adverse to prosecution

    6. 68 Appeal to the Court of Appeal about conviction or sentence

    7. 69 Appeal to the Court of Appeal regarding reporting or public access restriction

    8. 70 Reference to the Court of Appeal of point of law or unduly lenient sentencing

    9. 71 Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: general rules

    10. 72 Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: prosecutor’s appeal regarding confiscation

    11. 73 Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: restraint or receivership orders

    12. 74 Appeal or reference to the Supreme Court

    13. 75 Request to the European Court for a preliminary ruling

12. Costs

    1. 76 Costs

14. Signature

15. Explanatory Note