Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)

Part I E+W+N.I. Disclosure

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt I: Power to modify conferred (27.7.1999 for specified purposes and otherwise (4.9.2000) by 1999 c. 23, s. 38(7)(a) (with s. 63(2), Sch. 7 paras. 3(3), 4, 5(2)); S.I. 2000/2091, art. 2(c)

Pt. I: Power to modify conferred (1.12.2003) by S.I. 1999/2789 (N.I. 8), art. 26(7); S.R. 2003/476, art. 4(a)

The main provisions E+W+N.I.

6 Voluntary disclosure by accused. E+W+N.I.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) this Part applies by virtue of section 1(1), and

(b) the prosecutor complies with section 3 or purports to comply with it.

(2) The accused—

(a) may give a defence statement to the prosecutor, and

(b) if he does so, must also give such a statement to the court.

(3) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) If the accused gives a defence statement under this section he must give it during the period which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for this section.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 6(3) repealed (4.4.2005 for E.W. and 15.7.2005 for N.I.) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 331, 332, 336, Sch. 36 Pt. 3 para. 24, Sch. 37; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2; S.I. 2005/1817, art. 2 (with savings in art. 2(3))