Amendments proposed to the Criminal Justice Bill, As Amended - continued House of Commons

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Mr Chris Mullin

125

Page     54,     line     38     [Clause     85],     at end insert—

'(6) A person shall not be convicted of an offence solely on the basis of evidence of his bad character.'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

51

Transfer Clause 89 to end of line 38 on page 54.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

36

Page     54,     line     40     [Clause 86],     leave out '(1)(c)' and insert '(1A)(b)'.


   

Vera Baird
Chris Mullin
Tony Wright
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews
Mr Neil Gerrard
Mr Mark Fisher

Mr Austin Mitchell

134

Page     55,     line     1,     leave out Clause 87.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

37

Page     55,     line     2     [Clause 87],     leave out '(1)(d)' and insert '(1A)(c)'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

95

Page     55,     line     4     [Clause     87],     leave out 'an information' and insert 'a written charge'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

38

Page     55,     line     11     [Clause 87],     leave out '(1)(d)' and insert '(1A)(c)'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

39

Page     55,     line     13     [Clause 88],     leave out '(1)(e)' and insert '(1A)(d)'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

40

Page     55,     line     22     [Clause 88],     leave out '(1)(e)' and insert '(1A)(d)'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

41

Page     55,     line     25     [Clause 89],     leave out '(f)' and insert '(b)'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

42

Page     55,     line     32     [Clause 89],     leave out '(f)' and insert '(b)'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

43

Page     55,     line     34     [Clause 90],     leave out '(1)(g)' and insert '(1A)(e)'.


   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

44

Page     56,     line     21     [Clause 90],     leave out '(1)(g)' and insert '(1A)(e)'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

45

Page     56,     line     23     [Clause 90],     leave out '(1)(g)' and insert '(1A)(e)'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

46

Page     56,     line     25     [Clause 91], leave out '(1)(h)' and insert '(1A)(f)'.

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

135

Page     56,     line     28     [Clause     91],     after 'he' insert '(or any legal representative appointed under section 38(4) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c.23) to cross-examine a witness in his interests)'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

47

Page     56,     line     43     [Clause 91],     leave out '(1)(h)' and insert '(1A)(f)'.


   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

48

Page     57,     line     3     [Clause 92],     leave out from 'under' to 'and' in line 4 and insert 'paragraph (b) of section 85(1) or any of paragraphs (b) to (f) of section 85 (1A),'.

   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

49

Page     57,     line     25     [Clause 92],     leave out from 'under' to 'and' in line 26 and insert 'paragraph (b) of section 85(1) or any of paragraphs (b) to (f) of section 85 (1A),'.


   

Mr David Kidney
Mr Hilton Dawson

50

Page     58,     line     30     [Clause 96],     leave out '(f)' and insert '(b)'.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

136

Page     59,     line     29     [Clause     97],     at end insert—

'"offence" includes a service offence;'.   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

96

Page     59,     line     34     [Clause     97],     at end insert—

'"written charge" has the same meaning as in section 24 and also includes an information.'.   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

137

Page     59,     line     34     [Clause     97],     at end insert—

'"service offence" means an offence under the Army Act 1955 (3&4Eliz.2 c.18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3&4Eliz.2 c.19) or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c.53);'.   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

138

Page     59,     line     38     [Clause     97],     at end insert—

    '(3)   Nothing in this Chapter affects the exclusion of evidence—

(a) under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c.23), or

(b) on grounds other than the fact that it is evidence of a person's bad character.'.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

101

Page     191,     line     17     [Schedule     5],     at end insert—

     '1A Section 87, as it applies in relation to proceedings before service courts, has effect with the substitution in subsection (1)(a) of "charge sheet" for "written charge or indictment".'.


   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

102

Page     192,     line     9     [Schedule     5],     after 'advocate', insert 'in proceedings before a court-martial'.


NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART 1

Taking fingerprints without consent

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

NC14

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Section 61 of the 1984 Act (fingerprinting) is amended as follows.

    (2)   For subsections (3) and (4) (taking of fingerprints without appropriate consent) there is substituted—

    "(3)   The fingerprints of a person detained at a police station may be taken without the appropriate consent if—

(a) he is detained in consequence of his arrest for a recordable offence; and

(b) he has not had his fingerprints taken in the course of the investigation of the offence by the police.

    (4)   The fingerprints of a person detained at a police station may be taken without the appropriate consent if—

(a) he has been charged with a recordable offence or informed that he will be reported for such an offence; and

(b) he has not had his fingerprints taken in the course of the investigation of the offence by the police."

    (3)   In subsection (3A) (disregard of incomplete or unsatisfactory fingerprints) for the words from the beginning to "subsection (3) above" there is substituted "Where a person mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) or (4) has already had his fingerprints taken in the course of the investigation of the offence by the police".

    (4)   In subsection (5) (authorisation to be given or confirmed in writing) for "subsection (3)(a) or (4A)" there is substituted "subsection (4A)".

    (5)   In subsection (7) (reasons for taking of fingerprints without consent) for "subsection (3) or (6)" there is substituted "subsection (3), (4) or (6)".'.


Taking non-intimate samples without consent

   

Mr Secretary Blunkett

NC15

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Section 63 of the 1984 Act (other samples) is amended as follows.

    (2)   After subsection (2) (consent to be given in writing) there is inserted—

    "(2A)   A non-intimate sample may be taken from a person without the appropriate consent if two conditions are satisfied.

    (2B)   The first is that the person is in police detention in consequence of his arrest for a recordable offence.

    (2C)   The second is that—

(a) he has not had a non-intimate sample of the same type and from the same part of the body taken in the course of the investigation of the offence by the police, or

(b) he has had such a sample taken but it proved insufficient."

    (3)   In subsection (3)(a) (taking of samples without appropriate consent) the words "is in police detention or" are omitted.

    (4)   In subsection (3A) (taking of samples without appropriate consent after charge) for "(whether or not he falls within subsection (3)(a) above)" there is substituted "(whether or not he is in police detention or held in custody by the police on the authority of a court)".

    (5)   In subsection (8A) (reasons for taking of samples without consent) for "subsection (3A)" there is substituted "subsection (2A), (3A)".'.


Arrest without warrant for arrestable offences

   

Mr David Cameron

NC20

To move the following Clause:—

    '.—   After subsection (5) of section 24 of the 1984 Act there is inserted—

"(5A) Any person may arrest, without warrant, any person who is accused by an apparently credible witness of having committed an arrestable offence shortly before the accusation is made.".'.


   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

Annette Brooke

122

Page     5,     line     18     [Clause     7],     leave out 'and' and insert—

'(ba) The Law Society of England and Wales,

(bb) The Bar Council,

(bc) The Institute of Legal Executives, and'.

   

Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath
Annette Brooke

167

Page     5,     line     18     [Clause     7],     leave out 'and' and insert—

'(ba) the Home Affairs Committee'.

   

Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Nick Hawkins
Mr Mark Francois
Simon Hughes
Mr David Heath

Annette Brooke

54

Page     5,     line     21     [Clause     7],     at end insert—

    '(6)   No code or revised code issued under this section shall have effect until approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.'.

 
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