Criminal Procedure Bill 2009
Public bill · Government · Presented
The Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 would give victims and, in some cases, their families a greater say at sentencing, including the use of video links and intermediaries for children and people with mental disorders. It would allow a person who has been acquitted of serious offences to be tried again where genuinely new and powerful evidence emerges, or where the original acquittal was linked to corruption, intimidation or perjury, subject to court approval and safeguards. It would also let prosecutors appeal certain acquittals to the Supreme Court where a serious legal mistake affected the case, while giving acquitted people legal aid and protecting fair-trial rights. Other measures would require earlier notice of defence expert evidence, clarify how trial evidence is handled, widen some appeal rights and streamline criminal procedures.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Criminal Justice Act 1993; to amend criminal law and procedure in other respects, including making provision for exceptions to the rule against double jeopardy so as to enable the Court of Criminal Appeal to hear and determine applications brought in certain circumstances by the Director of Public Prosecutions to quash certain acquittals and to have persons who are the subject of those applications re-tried, and to provide for an appeal to the Supreme Court on a point of law from a determination of the Court of Criminal Appeal in respect of such applications; to extend the powers of the Garda Síochána in relation to the investigation of certain offences; to extend the circumstances in which the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Attorney General, as may be appropriate, may take an appeal in criminal proceedings; to amend the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962, the Courts of Justice Act 1924 and the Offences Against the State Act 1939; and to provide for related matters
Last updated 16 April 2018
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- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages Dáil
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage. Dáil
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages. Seanad
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed). Seanad
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed). Seanad
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed). Seanad
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage. Seanad
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage. Seanad
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Second Stage. Seanad