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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1851
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1851 - LONG TITLE
An Act for further improving the Administration of Criminal
Justice.{1}
[7th August 1851]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1892
Ss.117 rep. by 1861 c.95 s.1 sch.; SLR 1875; SLR 1892; 1916 c.50
s.48(1) sch.; 1945 c.16 (NI) s.9(3) sch.2; 1967 c.18 (NI) s.15(2)
sch.2 Pt.II
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1851 - SECT 18
Coin and bank notes may be described in indictments simply as
money.
18. In every indictment in which it shall be necessary to make any
averment as to any money or any note of the Bank of England or
any other bank it shall be sufficient to describe such money or
bank note simply as money, without specifying any particular coin or
bank note; and such allegation, so far as regards the description
of the property, shall be sustained by proof of any amount of coin
or of any bank note, although the particular species of coin of
which such amount was composed, or the particular nature of the
bank note, shall not be proved,....
Ss.1927 rep. by SLR 1875; 1945 c.16 (NI) s.9(3) sch.2; 1946 c.13
(NI) s.16(3) sch.; 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1851 - SECT 28
Plea of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit.
28. In any plea of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit it shall
be sufficient for any defendant to state that he has been lawfully
convicted or acquitted (as the case may be) of the said offence
charged in the indictment.
S.29 rep. by 1861 c.95 s.1 sch.; SLR 1950
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1851 - SECT 30
Interpretation.
30. In the construction of this Act the word "indictment" shall be
understood to include... "presentment," as well as indictment, and
also any "plea," "replication," or other pleading, and any nisi
prius record;... and the word "property" shall be understood to
include goods, chattels, money, valuable securities, and every other
matter or thing, whether real or personal, upon or with respect to
which any offence may be committed.
S.31 rep. by SLR 1875