দাবিত্যাগ: এটি আইনি পরামর্শ নয়। আইন ও মামলা আইন পরিবর্তন হয়। আপনার নির্দিষ্ট পরিস্থিতির জন্য সর্বদা একজন যোগ্য আইনজীবীর সাথে পরামর্শ করুন।

UK Law Reference
সব আইন
Sentencing
c. 44

Criminal Justice Act 2003

legislation.gov.uk-এ দেখুন

সারসংক্ষেপ

A wide-ranging criminal justice statute that reformed sentencing (now largely consolidated into the Sentencing Act 2020), introduced conditional cautions, reformed the law on bad character evidence and hearsay, created indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPP, now abolished for new offenders), and reformed the rules on double jeopardy and retrials.

মূল পয়েন্ট

  • Previous location of sentencing framework (now in Sentencing Act 2020)
  • Conditional cautions (Part 3)
  • Bad character evidence admissibility (Part 11, Chapter 1)
  • Hearsay reform (Part 11, Chapter 2)
  • IPP sentences — abolished for new offences from 2012 but thousands remain in prison
  • Retrial after acquittal for qualifying offences (Part 10)

অংশ ও ধারা

সংশোধনীর ইতিহাস

2012 — Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO)

Abolished IPP sentences for new offences and reformed extended sentences.

2020 — Sentencing Act 2020

Consolidated the sentencing provisions into a single statute.