Criminal Justice Act 1948
The Criminal Justice Act 1948 () is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Overview. It is "one of the most important measures relating to the reform of the criminal law and its administration". It abolished: Other substantive provisions still in force are: Scottish and Northern Irish analogues. Some of its content is mirrored in the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 and the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953. Partial repeal. The act was partially repealed in 1977; it was modernised and recast in Acts including the Criminal Law Acts 1977 and 1997. Criminal Justice