What is the Criminal Justice Act 2003 summary?

An Act to make provision about criminal justice (including the powers and duties of the police) and about dealing with offenders; to amend the law relating to jury service; to amend Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and Part 5 of the Police Act 1997; to make provision about civil proceedings …

Is carrying a knife an indictable offence?

Carrying an offensive weapon, or a knife, or a bladed / pointed article is a serious offence. The unlawful provision and possession of weapons encourages violence and can cause serious injury and death in addition to facilitating other criminal offences.

Is an ASP an offensive weapon?

The term ‘offensive weapon’ is defined as: ‘any article made or adapted for use to causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use. ‘ However, a lock knife, ordinary razor or a penknife have been held not to be offensive weapons per se, because they do have an innocent purpose.

What is Section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003?

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What does Section 141 of Criminal Justice Act 1988 apply to?

This section does not apply to: any weapon to which section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies (any weapon subject to the Firearms Act 1968 and crossbows). any article described in section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 (“flick knives” and “gravity knives”).

How did the Criminal Justice Act 2003 change the law?

The 2003 Act extensively changed the law regarding the admissibility into evidence of a defendant’s convictions for previous offences, and his other misconduct, broadening the circumstances in which the prosecution could introduce such matters.

What did the Criminal Justice Act 2003 do to bad character evidence?

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 introduces very radical changes to the law relating to the admission of evidence of the accused’s bad character. This effectively eliminates the principles which the Court in Selvey v Director of Public Prosecutions and R v Dunkley felt were such an intrinsic part of English law that they could not be modified.