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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34</dc:identifier><dc:title>Criminal Procedure (Right Of Reply) Act 1964</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to amend the law relating to the prosecution’s right of reply at trials on indictment.</dc:description><dc:date>1978-07-31</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2011-05-26</dc:modified><dct:valid>1991-02-01</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><PrimaryPrelims DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/introduction" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/introduction"><Title>Criminal Procedure (Right Of Reply) Act 1964</Title><Number>1964 c.34</Number><LongTitle>An Act to amend the law relating to the prosecution’s right of reply at trials on indictment.</LongTitle><DateOfEnactment><DateText>[10th June 1964]</DateText></DateOfEnactment></PrimaryPrelims><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/body" NumberOfProvisions="2"><P1group><Title> Right of reply at trials on indictment.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/section/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/1" id="section-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/section/1/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/1/1" id="section-1-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Upon the trial of any person on indictment—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/section/1/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/1/1/a" id="section-1-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the prosecution shall not be entitled to the right of reply on the ground only that the Attorney General or the Solicitor General appears for the Crown at the trial; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/section/1/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/1/1/b" id="section-1-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the time at which the prosecution is entitled to exercise that right shall, notwithstanding anything in section 2 of the <CommentaryRef Ref="c655213"/>Criminal Procedure Act 1865, be after the close of the evidence for the defence and before the closing speech (if any) by or on behalf of the accused.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/section/1/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/1/2" id="section-1-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c655214"/></Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group><P1group><Title> Short title, commencement and extent.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/section/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/2" id="section-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/section/2/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/2/1" id="section-2-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Act may be cited as the Criminal Procedure (Right of Reply) Act 1964.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/section/2/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/2/2" id="section-2-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Act shall come into operation at the time of expiration of a period of one month beginning with the day on which it was passed, but shall not apply to any trial at which the accused was arraigned before that time.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/34/section/2/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/2/3" id="section-2-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c655213" Type="M"><Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1865/18" id="c00001" Year="1865" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="18">1865 c. 18</Citation>. </Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c655214" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00002" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/34/section/1/2" SectionRef="section-1-2">S. 1(2)</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/22" id="c00003" Year="1974" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="22" Title="Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974">Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00004" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1974/22/schedule/part/XI" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00003" SectionRef="schedule-part-XI">Sch. Pt. XI</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>