Criminal Procedure Act 1851

The Criminal Procedure Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 100) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was drafted by Charles Sprengel Greaves. Stephen said that compared to earlier legislation on defects in indictments, the Criminal Procedure Act 1851 "went further in the way of removing technicalities, but it did so by an enumeration of them, so technical and minute, that no one could possibly understand it who had not first acquainted himself with all the technicalities which it was meant to abolish."

The whole Act was repealed by Part I of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986.

Section 1
In this section, the words "both with respect to the liability of witnesses to be prosecuted for perjury and otherwise" were repealed by the Schedule to the Perjury Act 1911.

Section 4
This section was repealed by the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 95).

Section 5
So much of this section as related to forging or uttering any instrument was repealed by 24 & 25 Vict. c. 95.

In this section, so far as it related to Ireland, the words "stealing, "embezzling," and the words "or for obtaining by false pretences" were repealed by the Schedule to the Larceny Act 1916.

Section 6
This section was repealed by 24 & 25 Vict. c. 95.

Section 8
This section was repealed by 24 & 25 Vict. c. 95.

Section 9
This section was repealed by Part III of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 11
This section was repealed by 24 & 25 Vict. c. 95.

Section 12
This section was repealed by Part III of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Sections 13 to 17
These sections were repealed by 24 & 25 Vict. c. 95.

Section 18
This section, from the words "and in cases" to the end of the section, repealed by the Schedule to the Larceny Act 1916.

Sections 19 to 22
These sections were repealed by the Schedule to the Perjury Act 1911.

Section 27
This section, so far as it applied to Northern Ireland, was repealed by Part I of Schedule 7 to the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.

Section 29
So much of this section as related to any indecent assault, or any assault occasioning actual bodily harm, or any attempt to have carnal knowledge of a girl under twelve years of age, was repealed by 24 & 25 Vict. c. 95.

Section 30
In this section, the word "information", the words "and presentment," and the words from "and the terms" to "a presentment" were repealed by Part III of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Law Act 1967.