An Act . . . . . .F1 for preventing Delay and Expense in the Administration of certain Parts of the Criminal Law.
[14th June 1853]
Textual Amendments
F1Words omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
Textual Amendments
F3S. 2 repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
Textual Amendments
F4Ss. 3–8 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
It shall be lawful for . . . . . . F5 any judge of the [F6High Court] . . . . . . F7 in any case where he may see fit to do so, upon application by affidavit, to issue a warrant or order under his hand for bringing up any prisoner or person confined in any gaol, prison, or place, under any sentence or under commitment for trial or otherwise, (except under process in any civil action, suit, or proceeding,) before any court, judge, justice, or other judicature, to be examined as a witness in any cause or matter, civil or criminal depending or to be inquired of or determined in or before such court, judge, justice, or judicature; and the person required by any such warrant or order to be so brought before such court, judge, justice, or other judicature, shall be so brought under the same care and custody, and be dealt with in like manner in all respects, as a prisoner required by any writ of habeas corpus awarded by any of her Majesty’s Superior Courts of Law at [F6the Royal Courts of Justice] to be brought before such court to be examined as a witness in any cause or matter depending before such court is now by law required to be dealt with.
Textual Amendments
F5Words repealed by Prison Act 1898 (c. 41), Sch.
F6Words substituted by virtue of Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 224(1)
F7Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland.