Criminal Procedure Act 1851
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act for further improving the Administration of Criminal Justice. |
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| Citation | 14 & 15 Vict. c. 100 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 August 1851 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by |
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| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
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The whole Act was repealed by Part I of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986.