Criminal Justice Act 1925

Criminal Justice Act 1925

Long title	An Act to amend the law with respect to the administration of criminal justice in England, and otherwise to amend the criminal law.
Dates
Royal assent	22 December 1925
Status: Amended

Emmeline Pankhurst in court in 1912 prior to the prohibition of photography

The Criminal Justice Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo.5 c.86) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Most of it has been repealed.

Section 36 of the Act makes it an offence to make a false statement to obtain a passport. The maximum sentence is two years.

Section 41 prohibits the taking of photographs in a court in England and Wales, save for Supreme Court.^[1] In September 2011, Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke announced that the government intended to partially repeal this ban in order to increase the public's understanding of the administration of justice.^[2] Initially, filming of the handing down of judgments in the Court of Appeal will be permitted, with a view that filming of sentencing remarks will eventually be permitted in the Crown Court.^[3]

Other provisions of the Act deal with criminal procedure against corporations, the defence of marital coercion (since abolished), and unlawful possession of pension documents.

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• Text of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. .

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