Criminal Law Act 1967

SCHEDULES

Section 8.

SCHEDULE 1 Lists of Offences Falling, or not Falling, within Jurisdiction of Quarter Sessions.

LIST A Division I: Offences triable by all courts of quarter sessions

1. Offences against section 17 of the [1861 c. 97.] Malicious Damage Act 1861 (arson of stacks of corn etc.).

2. (a) Burglary ;

(b) Offences against the following provisions of the [1916 c. 50.] Larceny Act 1916:—

(i) section 12 (stealing of postal packets etc.);

(ii) section 18 (embezzlement by officers of the Post Office);

(iii) section 24 (sacrilege) ;

(iv) section 33(2) (receiving stolen postal packets etc.);

(c) Offences against sections 52 to 58 of the [1953 c. 36.] Post Office Act 1953 (stealing, embezzlement and receiving of postal packets and other offences in connection with mails).

3. Offences against section 5 of the [1911 c. 6.] Perjury Act 1911 in relation to statements in statutory declarations.

4. The following offences against the [1913 c. 27.] Forgery Act 1913:—

(a) offences against section 2(2)(a) in relation to any document, being an authority or request for the payment of money or for the delivery or transfer of goods or chattels, where the amount of the money or the value of the goods or chattels does not exceed £100 ; and

(b) offences against section 7(a) where the amount of the money or the value of the property in respect of which the offence is committed does not exceed £100 ; and

(c) uttering any forged document the forgery of which is an offence triable by the court in question.

5. Offences against the [1889 c. 69.] Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889.

6. Unlawful combinations and conspiracies to cheat and defraud.

LIST A Division II: Offences triable by courts of quarter sessions other than courts with restricted jurisdiction

1. Offences under section 38 of the [1826 c. 16.] Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals Act 1826 (personation to obtain pension, etc.).

2. Offences under section 14 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861 (destruction of textiles during manufacture or of textile machinery).

3. Offences against the [1936 c. 16.] Coinage Offences Act 1936, other than offences against sections 1(1)(a), 2, 9(1) and (2) and 10 (certain offences in relation to coinage of higher denominations, to coining implements and to removal of coining implements, coin or bullion from the Mint).

4. Offences against the following provisions of the [1911 c. 6.] Perjury Act 1911:—

(a) section 2 (false statements on oath made otherwise than in judicial proceedings);

(b) section 3 (false statements etc., with reference to marriage);

(c) section 4 (false statements etc., as to births or deaths);

(d) section 5 (false statutory declarations and other false statements without oath);

(e) section 6 (false declarations etc., to obtain registration etc., for carrying on a vocation).

5. (a) Offences consisting of the forgery of any document or thing, being offences triable on indictment or alternatively by a magistrates' court, except offences against section 1 of the [1920 c. 75.] Official Secrets Act 1920;

(b) Offences against section 13 of the [1891 c. 38.] Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 (frauds in connection with stamps and dies);

(c) The following offences against the [1913 c. 27.] Forgery Act 1913:—

(i) offences which would before the passing of that Act have constituted offences against section 13 of the Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 ;

(ii) offences against section 2(2)(a) in relation to any document, being an accountable receipt, where the amount of the money or the value of the property in respect of which the offence is committed does not exceed £20 ;

(iii) offences against section 4 (forgery of documents in general) ;

(d) Offences against section 36 of the [1925 c. 86.] Criminal Justice Act 1925 (forgery of passport and false statement to obtain passport).

6. (a) Bigamy and offences against the marriage laws.

(b) Offences, and attempts to commit offences, against section 6 of the [1956 c. 69.] Sexual Offences Act 1956 (intercourse with girl under 16), and offences against section 13 of that Act (indecency between men) and attempts to procure the commission by a man of an act of gross indecency with another man.

7. Offences against section 60 of the [1861 c. 100.] Offences against the Person Act 1861 (endeavouring to conceal birth of child).

8. Offences against section 9 of the [1828 c. 69.] Night Poaching Act 1828 (poaching at night by armed gangs).

9. Conspiracies to commit offences punishable on summary conviction.

LIST B: Offences excluded (subject to List A) from jurisdiction of all courts of quarter sessions

1. Any offence for which a person may be sentenced to death.

2. Any offence for which a person may under or by virtue of any enactment be sentenced to imprisonment for life.

3. Misprision of treason.

4. Offences against the Queen's title, prerogative, person or government, or against either House of Parliament.

5. Blasphemy and offences against religion.

6. Composing, printing or publishing blasphemous, seditious or defamatory libels.

7. Administering or taking unlawful oaths.

8. Perjury and subornation of perjury, offences against the [1911 c. 6.] Perjury Act 1911, and offences which under any enactment are declared to be perjury or to be punishable as perjury or as subornation of perjury.

9. Forgery, offences against the [1913 c. 27.] Forgery Act 1913 and offences which under any enactment are declared to be forgery or to be punishable as forgery.

10. (a) Bigamy and offences against the marriage laws;

(b) Abduction of women and girls, and offences against sections 1 to 13, 17 to 27 and 29 of the [1956 c. 69.] Sexual Offences Act 1956;

(c) Attempts to commit offences against the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, namely, sections 2, 5, 6. 7, 9, 10, 11, 22 and 23, and attempts to procure the commission by a man of an act of gross indecency with another man.

11. (a) Bribery;

(b) Offences under the [1906 c. 34.] Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 ;

(c) Corrupt practices within the meaning of the [1949 c. 68.] Representation of the People Act 1949 (including any provision of that Act as applied by section 67(5) of the [1964 c. 26.] Licensing Act 1964).

12. Unlawful combinations and conspiracies, other than conspiracies or combinations to commit offences which the court in question has jurisdiction to try when committed by one person.

13. (a) Stealing or fraudulently taking or injuring or destroying records or documents belonging to any court of law or equity or relating to any proceedings in a court of law or equity ;

(b) Stealing or fraudulently destroying or concealing any document or written instrument being or containing evidence of the title to any real estate or any interest in land ;

(c) Offences against sections 82, 83 and 84 of the [1891 c. 96.] Larceny Act 1861 (frauds by directors etc. of bodies corporate and public companies);

(d) Offences against sections 20, 21 and 22 of the [1916 c. 50.] Larceny Act 1916 (fraudulent conversion and offences by factors) other than offences of fraudulent conversion against section 20(1)(iv).

14. Offences against section 9 of the [1828 c. 69.] Night Poaching Act 1828 (poaching at night by armed gangs).

15. Offences under the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1939.

16. (a) Attempted murder, and attempts to commit offences against section 1 of the [1929 c. 34.] Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 (child destruction).

(b) Offences against section 60 of the [1861 c. 10.] Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (endeavouring to conceal birth of child).

17. Offences against section 1 of the [1957 c. 52.] Geneva Conventions Act 1957.

18. Offences against section 1 of the [1960 c. 16.] Road Traffic Act 1960 (causing death by reckless or dangerous driving).

19. Offences against section 2 of the [1961 c. 60.] Suicide Act 1961 (aiding and abetting suicide).

Section 10.

SCHEDULE 2 Supplementary Amendments.

Adaptations of enactments referring to felony

1 In section 1 of the [1823 c. 48.] Judgment of Death Act 1823 (which provides for recording, instead of pronouncing, sentence of death) for the words from " felony " to " thereof " there shall be substituted the words " offence punishable with death except treason " and there shall be omitted the words from " it shall and may " to " bar such judgment "; and in section 3 of the [1837 c. 77.] Central Criminal Court Act 1837 (which makes similar provision) there shall be omitted the words from " it shall and may " to " bar such judgment ".

2 (1) In the [1824 c. 83.] Vagrancy Act 1824, in section 4 (rogues and vagabonds),—

(a) in the words relating to persons having implements with intent feloniously to break into dwelling houses etc., for the expression " feloniously " there shall be substituted the words " for the purpose of committing an arrestable offence "; and

(b) in the words relating to persons having offensive weapons or other instruments with intent to commit any felonious act, and in the words relating to suspected persons or reputed thieves frequenting rivers, highways, etc. with intent to commit felony, for the expression " any felonious act " and for the expression " felony " there shall be substituted the expression " an arrestable offence ".

(2) Accordingly in section 15 of the [1871 c. 112.] Prevention of Crimes Act 1871 (which recites and amends the said section 4) for the expressions " felony " and " a felony ", wherever occurring, there shall be substituted the expression " an arrestable offence ".

3 (1) In section 28 of the [1826 c. 64.] Criminal Law Act 1826 (which enables assize courts and, as extended by section 8 of the [1851 c. 55.] Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851, courts of quarter sessions to award compensation to those active in apprehending persons charged with murder and certain other offences)—

(a) for the words " superior criminal court of a county palatine or court of great sessions " there shall be substituted the words " or quarter sessions ", and accordingly there shall be omitted the words from " and where any person shall appear to any court of sessions of the peace " to " other courts hereinbefore mentioned " ; and

(b) for the words from " murder " to " been stolen " there shall be substituted the words " an arrestable offence " and for the words " any of the said offences " there shall be substituted the words " that offence ".

(2) In section 30 of the [1826 c. 64.] Criminal Law Act 1826 (which enables compensation to be awarded to the family of anyone killed in trying to apprehend a person charged with an offence mentioned in section 28) for the words " any of the offences hereinbefore last mentioned " there shall be substituted the words " an arrestable offence ".

4 In section 8 of the [1830 c. 68.] Carriers Act 1830 (under which the protection given by that Act to common carriers does not extend to the felonious acts of their servants) for the words " the felonious acts " there shall be substituted the words " any theft, embezzlement or forgery ".

5 In the following enactments (which confer on the police powers of entry into vessels on suspicion of felony), that is to say,—

(a) section 34 of the [1839 c. 47.] Metropolitan Police Act 1839 ;

(b) section 9 of the [1840 c. 50.] Canals (Offences) Act 1840 ;

for the expressions " felony " and " felonies " there shall be substituted the expressions " arrestable offence " and " arrestable offences "; and any enactment for the same or like purposes which is contained in any local or private Act shall be modified as near as may be in the same way.

6 In the following enactments (which provide for the trial of murder or manslaughter where any person dies in a country after being feloniously stricken out of it or vice versa), that is to say,—

(a) section 3 of the [1849 c. 96.] Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act 1849 ;

(b) section 1 of the [1860 c. 122.] Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act 1860 ;

(c) section 10 of the [1861 c. 100.] Offences against the Person Act 1861 ;

for the word " feloniously ", wherever occurring, there shall be substituted the word " criminally ".

7 In section 7 of the [1861 c. 97.] Malicious Damage Act 1861 (which makes it an offence to set fire to anything in, against or under a building in such circumstances that if the building were thereby set fire to it would amount to felony) for the words " the offence would amount to felony " there shall be substituted the words " he would be guilty of an offence under any of the preceding sections ".

8 The following enactments (which make it an offence to make or have gunpowder etc. for the purpose of a felony mentioned in the Act in question, and confer powers of search for such gunpowder etc.), that is to say,—

(a) sections 54 and 55 of the [1861 c. 97.] Malicious Damage Act 1861 ; and

(b) sections 64 and 65 of the [1861 c. 100.] Offences against the Person Act 1861 ;

shall have effect as if the references to felonies mentioned in the Act included any offence so mentioned for which a person (not previously convicted) may be tried on indictment otherwise than at his own instance.

9 Section 4 of the [1870 c. 23.] Forfeiture Act 1870 (which allows a court on a person's conviction for felony to award compensation not exceeding £100 for loss of property occasioned by the felony) shall have effect as if the references to felony included any offence tried on indictment, as if the reference to loss of property included damage to property, but did not include loss or damage due to an accident arising out of the presence of a motor vehicle on a road, and as if the reference to £100 were a reference to £400 ; and section 34 of the [1952 c. 55.] Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (which confers the same powers on a magistrates court) shall have effect accordingly, but with the substitution for the word " felony " of the words " an indictable offence ".

10 In section 23 of the [1893 c. 5.] Regimental Debts Act 1893 (which applies the provisions of that Act as to the collection and disposal of the effects of a deceased serviceman to the case of a serviceman convicted by a civil court of felony) for the words " or is convicted by a civil court of any offence which by the law of England is felony " there shall be substituted the words " or, in consequence of a conviction by or before a court of ordinary criminal jurisdiction, is sentenced to death or is imprisoned or detained to serve a sentence of three months or more ".

11 In section 66 of the [1894 c. 60.] Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (which makes forgery etc. of certain documents under Part I of that Act felony, but without specifying any punishment) there shall be added at the end the words " and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for not more than seven years ".

12 (1) In the [1916 c. 50.] Larceny Act 1916, in sections 24 to 28 (sacrilege, burglary, housebreaking and possession by night of implements of housebreaking etc.), for the expression " felony wherever it occurs otherwise than in the phrase " shall be guilty of felony ", there shall be substituted the expression " arrestable offence " ; and the same substitution shall be made in section 29(2)(b) (procuring execution etc. of valuable security by accusation of certain crimes).

(2) A person guilty of any offence under section 33(1) of the Larceny Act 1916 (receiving) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years ; but—

(a) in the [1914 c. 59.] Bankruptcy Act 1914, in section 154(3) (which was added by the [1926 c. 7.] Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1926, and in certain cases makes a person receiving property fraudulently disposed of by a bankrupt liable to the same punishment as a receiver of property obtained by a misdemeanour), for the words following the word " liable " there shall be substituted the words " on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for not more than seven years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding a hundred pounds or to both "; and

(b) in the Companies Act 1948, in section 328(2), there shall be omitted paragraph (a) and in paragraph (b) the words " in Scotland ".

(3) In section 37(1) of the [1916 c. 50.] Larceny Act 1916 (which provides for an increased punishment for simple larceny after a previous conviction of felony) for the expression " felony " there shall be substituted the expression " an arrestable offence ", and accordingly in section 37(2)(a) after the words " indictable misdemeanour punishable under this Act " there shall be inserted the words " not being an arrestable offence ".

(4) In section 39(2) and (3) of the Larceny Act 1916 (trial in one part of the United Kingdom of persons having or receiving property stolen or feloniously taken in another part) for the word " feloniously " there shall be substituted the word " criminally " ; and the like substitution shall be made in section 40(3) (joinder of accused in indictment for feloniously receiving).

(5) In section 54 of the [1953 c. 36.] Post Office Act 1953 (which makes receivers of mail bags and other articles feloniously stolen etc. liable to the same punishment as the principal felon) for the words " a felony " there shall be substituted the words " an offence " , and the word " feloniously " shall be omitted.

(6) Nothing in this Act shall affect the punishment provided by section 33 of the Larceny Act 1916 for offences committed before the commencement of Part I of this Act.

Amendments related to alternative verdicts

13 (1) The following provisions (under which on a trial on indictment a person may be found guilty of certain offences if found not guilty on a charge of another offence) shall cease to have effect:—

(a) in the [1861 c. 100.] Offences against the Person Act 1861, section 60 proviso as extended by any subsequent enactment (conviction of concealment of birth on charge of murder, child destruction or infanticide);

(b) in the Larceny Act 1916, section 44(1) (conviction of assault with intent to rob on charge of robbery);

(c) in the [1933 c. 12.] Children and Young Persons Act 1933, section 1(4) (conviction of cruelty to person under 16 on charge of infanticide or, in certain cases, of manslaughter);

(d) in the [1956 c. 59.] Sexual Offences Act 1956, in Schedule 2.—

(i) in item 1(a), paragraphs (iv), (v), (vi) and (viii) in column 4 (conviction of intercourse with girl under 13, or under 16, or with defective, or of incest, on charge of rape);

(ii) in item 2(a) the whole entry in column 4 (conviction of procuring intercourse by threats, by false pretences or by administering drugs, or of intercourse with girl under 16, or with defective, on charge of intercourse with girl under 13);

(iii) in items 6 and 26 the whole entry in column 4 (conviction of permitting person under 16 to reside in or frequent a brothel on charge of allowing girl under 13, or under 16, to use premises for intercourse);

(iv) in item 14(a) paragraph (iii) in column 4 (conviction of intercourse with defective on charge of incest);

(e) in the [1960 c. 16.] Road Traffic Act 1960, section 2(3) so far as it relates to England or Wales (conviction of reckless or dangerous driving on charge of manslaughter).

(2) For section 241(5) of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (which provides in effect that the requirements of section 241(2) as to notice of intended prosecution shall not prevent a person's conviction of reckless or dangerous driving under the provision made by section 2 of the Act for alternative convictions of that offence on other charges) there shall be substituted:—

“(5) Where a person is prosecuted on indictment for an offence to which this section does not apply, subsection (2) of this section shall not be taken to prejudice any power of the jury on the charge for that offence, if they find him not guilty of it, to find him guilty of an offence against subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act.”

14 In the [1956 c. 59.] Sexual Offences Act 1956, in the following provisions relating to girls not under the age of 13 but under the age of 16, the words " not under the age of 13 but " shall be omitted, that is to say,—

(a) in section 6(1) (intercourse with girl under 16); and

(b) in section 26 (permitting girl under 16 to use premises for intercourse);

and accordingly in Schedule 2, in items 10(a) and 26, for the words " between 13 and 16 " there shall be substituted the words " under 16 ".

Miscellaneous

15 (1) The following enactments (which provide for the punishment in England of offences committed abroad by persons in public employment), that is to say, the Act 11 Will. 3. c. 12 and the [1802 c. 85.] Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1802, shall extend to offences ceasing to be felony by virtue of this Act.

(2) Section 9(2) of the [1952 c. 55.] Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (which makes special provision about offences dealt with by virtue of section 11 of the [1925 c. 86.] Criminal Justice Act 1925 outside the venue of the offence) shall not apply to offences committed outside England and Wales, Whether within or without territorial waters; and in relation to offences so committed section 7(4) of the [1952 c. 48.] Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952 shall have effect subject to the special provision made by section 7(2) and (3) for offences committed within Admiralty jurisdiction.

Section 10.

SCHEDULE 3 Repeals (General).

PART I Repeals of Obsolete or Unnecessary Enactments

Session and Chapter	Title or Short Title	Extent of Repeal
3 Edw. 1.	The Statute of Westminster the First.	Chapters 6 and 28.
25 Edw. 1.	The Great Charter.	Article 14.
2 Edw. 3. c. 3.	The Statute of Northampton.	The whole Chapter.
18 Edw. 3. Stat 3. c. 1.	(Exemption for the prelates in criminal cases).	The whole Chapter.
25 Edw. 3. Stat. 5. c. 2.	The Treason Act 1351.	From " Et si per cas " onwards.
15 Ric. 2. c. 3.	The Admiralty Jurisdiction Act 1391.	The whole Chapter, so far as unrepealed.
17 Ric. 2. c. 8.	(Riots).	The whole Chapter.
13 Hen. 4. c. 7.	The Riot Act 1411.	The whole Chapter, so far as unrepealed.
2 Hen. 5. Stat. 1. c. 8.	The Riot Act 1414.	The whole Chapter, so far as unrepealed.
27 Hen. 8. c. 24.	The Jurisdiction in Liberties Act 1535.	The preamble and section 1.
28 Hen. 8. c. 15.	The Offences at Sea Act 1536.	The whole Act
33 Hen. 8. c. 12.	The Offences within the Court Act 1541.	The whole Act.
35 Hen. 8. c. 2.	The Treason Act 1543.	The whole Act.
1 Edw. 6. c. 1.	The Sacrament Act 1547.	Sections 2, 4, 5 and 7.
1 Edw. 6. c. 7.	The Justices of the Peace Act 1547.	Section 5 to the words " continued in full force and strength ".
2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 1.	The Act of Uniformity 1548.	Section 11.
1 Mary Sess. 1. c. 1.	The Treason Act 1553.	The whole Act.
1 & 2 Phil. & Mar. c. 10.	The Treason Act 1554.	The whole Act.
2 & 3 Phil. & Mar. c. 7.	The Sale of Horses Act 1555.	The whole Act.
1 Eliz. 1. c. 1.	The Act of Supremacy.	Section 15.
1 Eliz. 1. c. 2.	The Act of Uniformity 1558.	Section 10.
13 Eliz. 1. c. 2.	An Act against the bringing in and putting in execution of Bulls and other instruments from the See of Rome.	Section 8.
31 Eliz. 1.c. 12.	The Sale of Horses Act 1588.	The whole Act.
13 Chas. 2. Stat. 1. c. 5.	The Tumultuous Petitioning Act 1661.	In section 1, the words from " at the Court " to " quarter sessions ".
7 Anne c. 21.	The Treason Act 1708.	Section 7.
4 Geo. 1. c. 11.	The Piracy Act 1717.	Section 7.
8 Geo. 1. c. 24.	The Piracy Act 1721.	In section 1, the words from " and he " to " suppressing of piracy ".
		Section 3.
16 Geo. 2. c. 31.	The Prison (Escape) Act 1742.	The whole Act so far as unrepealed.
18 Geo. 2.c. 30.	The Piracy Act 1744.	The whole Act.
20 Geo. 2.c. 30.	The Treason Act 1746.	The whole Act.
25 Geo. 2. c. 37.	The Murder Act 1751.	Section 9.
33 Geo. 3. c. 67.	The Shipping Offences Act 1793.	In section 1, the words from " to be found " to " committed " where next occurring.
		In section 3, the words from " to be found " to " committed ".
		Section 7.
39 Geo. 3. c. 37.	The Offences at Sea Act 1799.	The preamble.
		In section 1, the words " of the same nature respectively, and to be " and the words from " and shall be inquired of " onwards.
		Section 2.
46 Geo. 3. c. 54.	The Offences at Sea Act 1806.	The whole Act.
49 Geo. 3. c. 126.	The Sale of Offices Act 1809.	In section 14, the words " in His Majesty's Court of King's Bench at Westminster ".
56 Geo. 3. c. 138.	The Pillory Abolition Act 1816.	Section 2.
57 Geo. 3. c. 53.	The Murders Abroad Act 1817.	The whole Act, so far as unrepealed.
58 Geo. 3. c. 29.	The Fees for Pardons Act 1818.	The whole Act.
60 Geo. 3. & 1 Geo. 4. c. 8.	The Criminal Libel Act 1819.	Sections 4 and 7.
1 Geo. 4. c. 90.	The Offences at Sea Act 1820.	The whole Act, so far as unrepealed.
1 & 2 Geo. 4.c. 76.	The Cinque Ports Act 1821	Section 16.
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 88.	The Rescue Act 1821.	The whole Act, so far as unrepealed.
6 Geo. 4. c. 50.	The Juries Act 1825.	Section 61.
7 Geo. 4. c. 38.	The Admiralty Offences Act 1826.	The whole Act.
3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 74.	The Fines and Recoveries Act 1833.	In section 33 the words from " or if any person, protector of a settlement," to " continuance of such estate ", and the word " other ".
9 & 10 Vict. c. 24.	The Central Criminal Court Act 1846.	Section 2.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 55.	The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851.	Sections 5 to 7, 19 and 23 to 25.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97.	The Malicious Damage Act 1861.	Section 43.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 98.	The Forgery Act 1861.	Sections 47 and 48.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 100.	The Offences against the Person Act 1861.	Sections 7 and 8.
28 & 29 Vict. c. 37.	The County of Sussex Act 1865.	The whole Act so far as unrepealed.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 45.	The Sea Fisheries Act 1868.	In section 57 the words " except any felony and ".
34 & 35 Vict. c. 112.	The Prevention of Crimes Act 1871.	Sections 6, 7, 9, 20 and 22.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 71.	The Coroners Act 1887.	Section 44.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 70.	The Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Act 1891.	Section 3(4).
		Section 4(2) from " and shall " onwards.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 28.	The Official Secrets Act 1911.	Section 10(2) from the words " and the Criminal Jurisdic­tion Act 1802 " onwards.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 19.	The Trustee Act 1925.	Section 65.
1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 12.	The Firearms Act 1937.	In Schedule 3, the entry for offences under the 3rd and 4th paragraphs of section 7 of the Prevention of Crimes Act 1871.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 63.	The Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938.	Section 12.
3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 21.	The Treachery Act 1940.	The whole Act.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.	The Criminal Justice Act 1948.	Section 30.

PART II Repeals relating to Jurisdiction of Quarter Sessions

Session and Chapter	Title or Short Title	Extent of Repeal
34 Edw. 3. c. 1.	The Justices of the Peace Act 1361.	From " et auxint doier et terminer " onwards.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 38.	The Quarter Sessions Act 1842.	Section 1.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 55.	The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851.	Section 13.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96.	The Larceny Act 1861.	Section 87.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 62.	The Debtors Act 1869.	Section 20.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 36.	The False Personation Act 1874.	Section 3.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 69.	The Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889.	Section 6.
6 Edw. 7. c. 34.	The Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.	Section 2(5).
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 6.	The Perjury Act 1911.	Section 10.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 28.	The Official Secrets Act 1911.	In section 10(3) the words " by any court of general or quarter sessions nor ".
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 27.	The Forgery Act 1913.	Section 13.
6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 50.	The Larceny Act 1916.	Section 38(1).
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 86.	The Criminal Justice Act 1925.	Section 18. Schedule 1.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 34.	The Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929.	Section 2(1).
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 63.	The Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938.	In section 2, subsection (1), subsection (2)(f), in subsection (5) the words " in the First Schedule to this Act " and the proviso, and subsection (6).
		Schedule 1.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68.	The Representation of the People Act 1949.	Section 146(1) proviso (a).
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 34.	The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1956.	Section 12.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 69.	The Sexual Offences Act 1956.	In Schedule 3 the entry amending the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 16.	The Road Traffic Act 1960.	Section 1(2) from the beginning to the word " and "
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 60.	The Suicide Act 1961.	Section 2(4) from the beginning to the word " and ".
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 15.	The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962.	Section 12(1) and (2).
		Schedule 2.
		In Schedule 4 in Part II the entries amending the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938.
1964 c. 42.	The Administration of Justice Act 1964.	In section 7(3) the words from " section 2 " to " and of ".
		In Schedule 3, in paragraph 17(2), the words " and 2(5)

PART III Other General Repeals

Session and Chapter	Title or Short Title	Extent of Repeal
2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 1.	The Act of Uniformity 1548.	In section 3, the words from " forfeit to our " to " and shall ".
31 Chas. 2. c. 2.	The Habeas Corpus Act 1679.	In section 1 the words " or felony ".
		In section 2 the words " or felony ".
		In section 6 the words " or felony ".
		In section 11 the words " forfeitures losses or ".
		Section 20.
11 Will. 3. c. 7.	The Piracy Act 1698.	Sections 9 and 10.
1 Geo. 1 Stat. 2. c. 5.	The Riot Act.	The whole Act.
12 Geo. 3. c. 24.	The Dockyards, etc. Protection Act 1772.	In section 1 the words " as in cases of felony without benefit of clergy ".
		In section 2, the words from " any shire or county " to " said shire or county ", except the words " this realm ".
37 Geo. 3. c. 70.	The Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797.	Section 2.
37 Geo. 3. c. 123.	The Unlawful Oaths Act 1797.	Section 3.
		In section 6, the words from " or within " to " therein committed ", except the words " may be prosecuted in England ".
38 Geo. 3. c. 52.	The Counties of Cities Act 1798.	In section 1 the words from " and in every information " to " Solicitor General ", the words " or information ", and the word " information " wherever else occurring.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 93.	The Treason Act 1800.	The whole Act, so far as un-repealed.
42 Geo. 3. c. 85.	The Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1802.	In section 1 the words from " either upon an information " to " upon an indictment ".
52 Geo. 3. c. 104.	The Unlawful Oaths Act 1812.	In sections 1 and 6, the words " or any felony punishable by law with death ".
		Section 4.
		In section 7, the words from " or within " to " therein committed ", except the words " may be prosecuted in England ".
52 Geo. 3. c. 156.	The Prisoners of War (Escape) Act 1812.	Section 3, from " and such offences " onwards.
4 Geo. 4. c. 48.	The Judgment of Death Act 1823.	In section 1, the words from " it shall and may " to " bar such judgment ".
7 Geo. 4. c. 64.	The Criminal Law Act 1826.	In section 21, the words " or information ", in both places, and the words " felony or ".
		In section 28, the words from " and where any person " to " herein-before mentioned ".
7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 28.	The Criminal Law Act 1827.	The whole Act.
9 Geo. 4. c. 32.	The Civil Rights of Convicts Act 1828.	Section 3.
11 Geo. 4. & 1 Will. 4. c. 41.	The Army Pensions Act 1830.	Section 4, except as regards offences before the commencement of this Act.
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 111.	The Previous Conviction Act 1836.	The whole Act.
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 114.	The Trials for Felony Act 1836	Section 1.
7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 77.	The Central Criminal Court Act 1837.	In section 3 the words from " it shall and may " to " bar such judgment ".
7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 88.	The Piracy Act 1837.	In section 2 the words " as a felon ".
		Section 4.
7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 91.	The Punishment of Offences Act 1837.	The preamble and section 1, so far as they relate to offences under the Riot Act, the Murder Act 1751 or section 4 of the Unlawful Oaths Act 1812.
2 & 3 Vict. c. 71.	The Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839.	Section 33.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 2.	The Admiralty Offences Act 1844.	The whole Act.
9 & 10 Vict. c. 93.	The Fatal Accidents Act 1846.	Section 1 from " and although " onwards.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 12.	The Treason Felony Act 1848.	Section 8.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 19.	The Prevention of Offences Act 1851.	Section 5.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 55.	The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851.	Section 8.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 100.	The Criminal Procedure Act 1851.	Sections 9 and 12.
		In section 30 the word " information ", the words " and presentment," and the words from " and the terms " to " a presentment "
24 & 25 Vict. c. 94.	The Accessories and Abettors Act 1861.	Sections 1 to 7.
		Section 9.
		Section 10 from the word " except " onwards.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96.	The Larceny Act 1861.	Section 98.
		Section 104.
		In section 115 the words " deemed to be offences of the same nature, and ", and the words from " and may be dealt with " onwards.
		In section 117 the words " fine the offender, and ", and the words from " and in case of any felony " to " authorized where next occurring.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97.	The Malicious Damage Act 1861.	Section 8.
		Section 12 proviso.
		Section 27.
		Section 44.
		Sections 56 and 57.
		In section 72 the words " deemed to be offences of the same nature and ", and the words from " and may be dealt with " onwards.
		In section 73 the words " fine the offender, and," and the words from " and in case of any felony " to " authorized ", where next occurring.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 98.	The Forgery Act 1861.	Section 49.
		In section 50 the words " deemed to be offences of the same nature, and ", and the words from " and may be dealt with " onwards.
		In section 51 the words " fine the offender, and to ", and the words from " and in all cases of felonies " to " authorized ", where next occurring.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 100.	The Offences against the Person Act 1861.	In section 9 the words " or of being accessory to murder or manslaughter ", the words " in any county or place " and the words from " in which " to " that county or place ".
		In section 10 the words " or of being accessory to murder or manslaughter ", the words " in the county or place " and the words from " in which " onwards.
		Sections 11 to 15.
		In section 18 the words from " or shoot " to " some other ", except the words " with intent to do some ".
		Section 19.
		In section 38 the words " shall assault any person with intent to commit felony or ".
		In section 46 the words from " shall find " to " felony, or " and the word " other ".
		In section 57, the words from " and any such offence " to " that county or place ".
		Section 60 proviso.
		Sections 66 and 67.
		In section 68 the words " deemed to be offences of the same nature, and ", and the words from " and may be dealt with " onwards.
		In section 71, the words " fine the offender, and," and the words from " and in case of any felony " to " authorized ", where next occurring.
26 & 27 Vict. c. 103.	The Misappropriation by Servants Act 1863.	In section 1 the words from " shall not by " to " felony but ", and the words from " and if such penalty " onwards.
		Section 2.
28 & 29 Vict. c. 18.	The Criminal Procedure Act 1865.	In sections 1 and 2 the words " for felony or misdemeanour ".
33 & 34 Vict. c. 23.	The Forfeiture Act 1870.	In section 1 the word " inquest " and the words " or felony ".
		In section 2 the words from " or felony " to " twelve months ".
		Section 32.
33 & 34 Vict. c. 77.	The Juries Act 1870.	In section 10 the words " or felony ".
35 & 36 Vict. c. 93.	The Pawnbrokers Act 1872.	Section 48.
36 & 37 Vict. c. 88.	The Slave Trade Act 1873.	In section 26 the words " or in the county of Middlesex ".
39 & 40 Vict. c. 23.	The Prevention of Crimes Amendment Act 1876.	The whole Act.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 50.	The Municipal Corporations Act 1882.	In section 193 the words from " or whom " to " felony ".
46 & 47 Vict. c. 3.	The Explosive Substances Act 1883.	Section 7(3).
50 & 51 Vict. c. 55.	The Sheriffs Act 1887.	Section 8(1).
		Section 29(1)(a) and (b).
50 & 51 Vict. c. 71.	The Coroners Act 1887.	In section 4(3) the words " or of being accessories before the fact to such murder ".
		In section 5(1) the words from " or of being accessory " to " the expression ' murder ',) ".
		Section 29(5) and (9).
		In section 42 the definition of " murder ".
54 & 55 Vict. c. 36.	The Consular Salaries and Fees Act 1891.	Section 2(3) from " recoverable " onwards.
56 & 57 Vict. c. 71.	The Sale of Goods Act 1893.	Section 22(2).
57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.	The Merchant Shipping Act 1894.	In section 687 the words " be deemed to be offences of the same nature and ".
		In section 700 the words from " may ", where first occurring, to " felony " except the words " in England ".
2 Edw. 7. c. 8.	The Cremation Act 1902.	Section 8(3).
7 Edw. 7. c. 23.	The Criminal Appeal Act 1907.	In section 20, in subsection (2) the words " criminal informations and ".
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 6.	The Perjury Act 1911.	In section 8 the words from " in any county " onwards, except the words " in England ".
		In section 14(a) the words " felony or ".
		In section 15(2) the definition of " indictment ".
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 28.	The Official Secrets Act 1911.	Section 5.
		In section 6, the words " whether that offence is felony or not ", and the words from " in " onwards.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 27.	The Forgery Act 1913.	In section 4(1) and (2) the words from " which " to " in force ".
		In section 6(1) the words " of the like degree (whether felony or misdemeanour)".
		Section 11.
		Section 12(2)(a) and (b).
		In section 17(1) the words " or information ".
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58.	The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914.	Section 39(1).
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 59.	The Bankruptcy Act 1914.	In section 26(2), as amended by the Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1926, the words " or any felony connected with his bankruptcy ", except as respects past offences.
		In section 164(1) the words " declared to be a felony or misdemeanour ".
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 90.	The Indictments Act 1915.	In section 4 the words " for more than one felony or " and the words " and charges for both felonies and misdemeanours " and the words from " but " onwards.
		In section 8(3) the words " criminal informations in the High Court and ".
		In Schedule 1 in rule 3 the words " offences, whether felonies or ".
6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 50.	The Larceny Act 1916.	Section 4.
		In section 33, in subsection (1) the words " of the like degree (whether felony or misdemeanour) ", the words " in the case of felony " and paragraph (b), and in subsection (4) the words " of the like degree (whether felony or misdemeanour)".
		Section 35.
		In section 37(5), paragraphs (a) and (b).
		Section 41(3).
		Section 44(1).
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 19.	The Trustee Act 1925.	In section 41(1) the words " is convicted of felony or ".
16 & 17 Geo. 6. c. 7.	The Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1926.	In section 1(1)(a) the words " or any felony connected with his bankruptcy ", except as respects oast offences.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 34.	The Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929.	Section 2(4).
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12.	The Children and Young Persons Act 1933.	Section 1(4).
		Section 51.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 36.	The Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933.	Schedule 1.
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 16.	The Coinage Offences Act 1936.	In section 12, subsection (1) and subsection (2)(a).
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 36.	The Infanticide Act 1938.	In section 1, subsection (3) from the second " or " onwards and subsection (4).
6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 18.	The Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act 1943.	Section 3(4).
8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 44.	The Treason Act 1945.	Sections 1 and 2, and the Schedule.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.	The Criminal Justice Act 1948.	Section 13.
		In section 29(3)(a) the words " of quarter sessions ", where last occurring.
		In section 31, in subsection (1)the words " of the same nature and subsections (2) and (3).
		In section 35, in subsection (1) the words " for any felony or misdemeanour ", and in subsection (3) the words " for felony or misdemeanour ".
		In Schedule 9 the entry relating to the Forfeiture Act 1870.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68.	The Representation of the People Act 1949.	In section 129 the definition of " indictment ".
		In section 151 the definition of " indictment ".
		Section 157.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 39.	The Common Informers Act 1951.	In the Schedule, the entries relating to the Sale of Horses Act 1555 and the Sale of Horses Act 1588.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 31.	The Cremation Act 1952.	Section 2(3).
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 48.	The Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.	Section 15(2).
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.	The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.	In section 19(4) the words from the beginning to " quarter sessions " where first occurring.
		In section 25(5)(b) the words " triable by quarter sessions ".
		In section 29 the words " triable by quarter sessions ".
		Section 126(7).
		In Schedule 1, in paragraph 11, the word " four ", except as respects offences committed before the commencement of this Act.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 69.	The Sexual Offences Act 1956.	In section 41 the words " thirty, thirty-one or ".
		In Schedule 2, in item 1, paragraphs (iv) to (ix) in column 4 together with the word " or " at the end of paragraph (iii); in item 14, paragraph (iii) in column 4 together with the word " or " at the end of paragraph (ii); and in items 2, 6 and 26 the whole entry in column 4.
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 52.	The Geneva Conventions Act 1957.	Section 1(2).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72.	The Mental Health Act 1959.	In Schedule 7, so much of the entry relating to the Sexual Offences Act 1956 as amends paragraphs 1 and 14 of Schedule 2 to that Act.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 16.	The Road Traffic Act 1960.	In section 2, subsection (2) and in subsection (3) the words " for manslaughter in England or Wales, or ".
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 58.	The Charities Act 1960.	In section 20(3)(a) the words " has been convicted Of felony, or ".
1965 c. 15.	The Dangerous Drugs Act 1965.	Section 15.
Church Assembly Measure
1963 No. 1.	The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963.	In section 55(1)(a) the words " is convicted of treason or felony, or " and the words " of a misdemeanour ".

Section 13.

SCHEDULE 4 Repeals (Obsolete Crimes).

PART I Acts creating offences to be abolished

Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
3 Edw. 1.	The Statute of Westminster the First.	Chapter 25.
(Statutes of uncertain date—20 Edw. 1).	Statutum de Conspiratoribus.	The whole Act.
28 Edw. 1. c. 11.	(Champerty).	The whole Chapter.
1 Edw. 3. Stat. 2 c. 14.	(Maintenance).	The whole Chapter.
1 Ric. 2. c. 4.	(Maintenance).	The whole Chapter.
16 Ric. 2. c. 5.	The Statute of Praemunire	The whole Chapter (this repeal extending to Northern Ireland).
24 Hen. 8.c. 12.	The Ecclesiastical Appeals Act 1532.	Section 2.
		Section 4, so far as unrepealed.
25 Hen. 8.c. 19.	The Submission of the Clergy Act 1533.	Section 5.
25 Hen. 8. c. 20.	The Appointment of Bishops Act 1533.	Section 6.
25 Hen. 8.c. 21.	The Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1533.	Section 16.
26 Hen. 8. c. 14.	The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534.	Section 4, from " And that no such suffragan " onwards.
28 Hen. 8. c. 16.	The Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536.	Section 1, from " and shall never " onwards.
32 Hen. 8. c. 9.	The Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540.	The whole Act.
1 Mary Sess. 2. c. 3.	The Brawling Act 1553.	The whole Act.
21 Jas. 1. c. 3.	The Statute of Monopolies.	Section 4, from " and if any person or persons shall after notice given " onwards.
12 Chas. 2. c. 24.	The Tenures Abolition Act 1660.	Section 12, from " and if any person or persons shall after notice given " onwards.
13 Chas. 2. Stat. 1. c. 1.	The Sedition Act 1661.	The whole Act, so far as unrepealed.
9 Will. 3. c. 35.	The Blasphemy Act 1697.	The whole Act.
6 Anne c. 41.	The Succession to the Crown Act 1707.	The preamble and sections 1, 2 and 3.
19 Geo. 2. c. 21.	The Profane Oaths Act 1745.	The whole Act.
12 Geo. 3. c. 11.	The Royal Marriages Act 1772.	Section 3 (this repeal extending to Northern Ireland).
25 Geo. 3. c. 77.	The Fires Prevention Act 1785.	The whole Act, so far as unrepealed.
39 Geo. 3. c. 79.	The Unlawful Societies Act 1799.	The whole Act, so far as unrepealed.
57 Geo. 3. c. 19.	The Seditious Meetings Act 1817.	Sections 25 to 28.
		In section 29, the words " any meeting of any society or club hereby declared to be an unlawful combination and confederacy or ".
		Sections 30 and 31.
		Sections 34 to 38.
		The Schedule.
Act of Parliament of Ireland
40 Geo. 3. c. 29 (Ir.).	The Parliamentary Representation Act (Ireland) 1800.	Section 3 from " and every person " onwards.

PART II Consequential Repeals

Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal.
33 Edw. 1.	Ordinacio de Conspiratoribus.	The whole Act
7 Ric. 2. c. 15.	(Maintenance).	The whole Chapter.
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67.	The Union with Ireland Act 1800.	In section 2, in the recital, the third section of the recited Act from " and every person " onwards.
1 & 2 Vict. c. 75.	The Fires Prevention Act 1838.	The whole Act, so far as unrepealed.
9 & 10 Vict. c. 33.	The Seditious Meetings Act 1846.	The whole Act.
23 & 24 Vict. c. 32.	The Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860.	In section 6 the words " the statute passed in the second session of the first year of the reign of Queen Mary, chapter three: or ".
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 39.	The Common Informers Act 1951.	In the Schedule, the entries relating to the Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540 and to the Fires Prevention Act 1785.
Act of Parliament of Ireland
40 Geo. 3.c. 38 (Ir.).	The Act of Union (Ireland) 1800.	Section 4 from " and every person " onwards.

PART III Savings, etc.

1 The repeal by this [1392 c. 5.] Act of the Statute of Praemunire shall not affect the punishment for offences against section 11 of the [1679 c. 2.] Habeas Corpus Act 1679, and accordingly in that section for the words " shall incur and sustain the pains penalties and forfeitures limited ordained and provided in the Statute of Provision and Praemunire made in the sixteenth year of King Richard the Second " there shall be substituted the words " be liable to imprisonment for life ".

2 The repeal by this Act of the [1799 c. 90.] Unlawful Societies Act 1799 and the [1846 c. 33.] Seditious Meetings Act 1846 shall not be taken to extend to the provisions of those Acts set out in the Schedule to the [1869 c. 24.] Newspapers, Printers and Reading Rooms Repeal Act 1869 as those provisions have effect by virtue of the last mentioned Act.