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Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949

The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 94) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended the law relating to the probation of offenders, abolished certain punishments and obsolete sanctions, and otherwise reformed the criminal justice system in Scotland.

The Criminal Justice Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58) made equivalent provisions fro England and Wales.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 79(3) of the act repealed 36 enactments, listed in the twelfth schedule to the act.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 6(1) of, and schedule 5 to, the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c. 40), which came into force on 1 April 1996.

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