Criminal Justice Act 1925 (c. 86)

Part II E+W Jurisdiction and Procedure

Indictable Offences generally E+W

11 †Venue in indictable offences. E+W

(1), (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(3) Where a person is charged with an offence [F2 against the M1 Forgery Act 1913 or with an offence indictable at common law or]under any Act for the time being in force, consisting in the forging or altering of any matter whatsoever, or in offering, uttering, disposing of or putting off any matter whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged or altered, and the offence relates to documents made for the purpose of any Act relating to the suppression of the slave trade, the offence shall for the purposes of jurisdiction and trial be treated as an offence against the M2 Slave Trade Act 1873.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 11(1)(2)(4) repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. IV

F2 Words repealed (E.W.) by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. 1 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Unreliable marginal note

Marginal Citations

M1 1913 c. 27.

M2 1873 c. 88.