Criminal Justice Act (with its many variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Canada, Malaysia, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom relating to the criminal law (including both substantive and procedural aspects of that law). It tends to be used for Acts that do not have a single cohesive subject matter.
The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Criminal Justice Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Criminal Justice Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to the criminal law. It is not a term of art.
See also Criminal Law Act and Criminal Law Amendment Act.
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YOUTH OFFENDER 1: I don't really remember all of what happened the night I was arrested because I was intoxicated and stuff. YOUNG OFFENDER 2: I started drinking, doing drugs so I kept on getting in trouble with the law so I kept on going back and forth in and out of jail, in and out of jail... YOUNG OFFENDER 3: I was just like whoa, what have I done? You know, like, what have I become? PROGRAM TITLE: 'YOUTH JUSTICE - BUILDING SAFE STREETS AND COMMUNITIES' SR. PROBATION OFFFICER ANNE LYNE-HAUGHEY: You know, it takes a village to raise a child and I think that's the perspective of The Youth Criminal Justice Act is coming from. CONSTABLE JEFFREY WESTMAN: It's about real consequences happening right away and youth can relate to that. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS OFFICER RHONDA STAIRS: I think it is important to remember that it's kind of not a one-size-fits-all approach, that we have to pay attention to every youth that we come into contact with. YRAP ERIK BISANZ: They get to take responsibility for what they have done and really own up to it and for a lot of people that is really freeing. NARRATOR: The Youth Criminal Justice Act, or YCJA, is the federal law which governs Canada's youth justice system. The Act applies to Canadian youth aged 12 to 17 who get into trouble with the law. The YCJA came into force in 2003 and was amended in 2012 to strengthen its handling of violent and repeat young offenders. PROFESSOR NICHOLAS BALA: Almost every country in the world has some special legislation or provisions that recognize that children, adolescents, are not to be treated in the same way as adults. That they have a limited state of maturity, they have a limited state of moral development, intellectual development and they are often more amenable to rehabilitation. YCJA PRINCIPLES NARRATOR: The Youth Criminal Justice Act states that the youth criminal justice system is intended to protect the public by holding youth accountable, promoting the rehabilitation and reintegration of youth back into society, and preventing crime. It emphasizes that the youth criminal justice system must be separate from the adult system, and based on the principle that youth are presumed to be less morally blameworthy than adults. In other words, the law recognizes that youth must be held accountable, but in a way that takes into account their greater dependency and reduced level of maturity. PROFESSOR NICHOLAS BALA: A key objective, a key principal of the Act is to try to promote the protection of Canadian public. And that includes the short-term protection which may in some circumstance mean removing the young offender from the community but it also includes the long-term protection of society by rehabilitating young people, by dealing with their underlying problems. It also provides more structure to the decision making of judges, probation officers and others, and tries to ensure that custody is used as a last resort and it's largely been successful in achieving that. DEFENSE LAWYER PATRICIA YUZWENKO: This is a much improved situation than we had before under The Young Offenders Act because I am now looking more at not just representing clients but we have to look at trying to find ways to deal with underlying issues which the court might need to address in sentencing in order to assist in the rehabilitation of young persons.
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Canada
- The Youth Criminal Justice Act (2002, c.1)
Malaysia
Republic of Ireland
- The Criminal Justice (Evidence) Act 1924 (No.37)
- The Criminal Justice (Administration) Act 1924 (No.44)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1951 (No.2)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1960 (No.27)
- The Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 (No.12)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1964 (No.5)
- The Criminal Justice (Verdicts) Act 1976 (No.34)
- The Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act 1983 (No.23)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1984 (No.22)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1990 (No.16)
- The Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990 (No.34)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1993 (No.6)
- The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 (No.2)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1994 (No.15)
- The Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 (No.29)
- The Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 (No.4)
- The Criminal Justice (Release of Prisoners) Act 1998 (No.36)
- The Criminal Justice (Locations of Victims' Remains) Act 1999 (No.9)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1999 (No.10)
- The Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention Against Torture) Act 2000 (No.11)
- The Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act 2000 (No.16)
- The Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (No.50)
- The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 (No.16)
- The Criminal Justice (Illicit Traffic by Sea) Act 2003 (No.18)
- The Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Act 2003 (No.34)
- The Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Act 2004 (No.20)
- The Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (No.2)
- The Criminal Justice Act 2006 (No.26)
- The Criminal Justice Act 2007 (No.29)
- The Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (No.7)
- The Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (No 19)
- The Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No 28)
- The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (No 32)
- The Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 (No 6)
- The Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 (No 22)
- The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2011 (No 5)
- The Criminal Justice Act 2011 (No 22)
- The Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) Act 2011 (No 24)
- The Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012 (No 11)
United Kingdom
- The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 55)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 126)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 118)
- The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 86)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 39)
- The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 15)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71)
- The Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 1981 (c. 27)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)
- The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (c. 5)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36)
- The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)
- The Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998 (c. 40)
- The Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) (Amendment) Act 1998 (c. 27)
- The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43)
- The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16)
- The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)
- The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4)
- The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2)
Scotland
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 94)
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963 (c. 39)
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62)
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41)
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 20)
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp. 7)
- The Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp. 10)
- The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp. 13)
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp. 1)
Northern Ireland
- The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 31 (N.I.))
- The Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 13 (N.I.))
- The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (c. 15) (N.I.)
- The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 14) (N.I.)
- The Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (c. 9) (N.I.)
- The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 20) (N.I.)
- The Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 28) (N.I.)
Criminal Justice Order
A number of Orders in Council with this title have been passed. The change in nomenclature is due to the demise of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the imposition of direct rule. These orders are considered to be primary legislation.
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (SI 1980/704 (N.I.6))
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (SI 1986/1883 (N.I.15))
- The Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (SI 1988/1846 (N.I.16))
- The Criminal Justice (Evidence, Etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (SI 1988/1847 (N.I.17))
- The Criminal Justice (Confiscation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (SI 1990/2588 (N.I.17))
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (SI 1991/1711 (N.I.16))
- The Criminal Justice (Confiscation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (SI 1993]]/3146 (N.I.13))
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (SI 1994/2795 (N.I.15))
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (SI 1996/3160 (N.I.24))
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (SI 1998/2839 (N.I.20))
- The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (SI 1998/1504 (N.I.9))
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (SI 2003/1247 (N.I.13))
- The Criminal Justice (No.2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (SI 2003/3194 (N.I.18))
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (SI 2004/1500 (N.I.9))
- The Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (SI 2004/1501 (N.I.10))
- The Criminal Justice (No.2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (SI 2004/1991 (N.I.15))
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (SI 2005/1965 (N.I.15))
- The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1216 (N.I.1))