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| Name: | Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c.28). |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s): | Criminal and penal law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2004-11-15 |
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| ISN: | GBR-2004-L-92498 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=92498&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line  legislation.gov.uk, National Archives, United Kingdom PDF of Act as amended to 13/03/2013 (consulted on 2013-03-14) |
| Abstract/Citation: | An Act to amend Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996, the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; to make provision about homicide; to make common assault an arrestable offence; to make provision for the payment of surcharges by offenders; to make provision about alternative verdicts; to provide for a procedure under which a jury tries only sample counts on an indictment; to make provision about findings of unfitness to plead and about persons found unfit to plead or not guilty by reason of insanity; to make provision about the execution of warrants; to make provision about the enforcement of orders imposed on conviction; to amend section 58 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and to amend Part 12 of that Act in relation to intermittent custody; to make provision in relation to victims of offences, witnesses of offences and others affected by offences; and to make provision about the recovery of compensation from offenders. |
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