The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated certain enactments relating to appeals in criminal cases to the criminal division of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) and thence to the House of Lords in England and Wales.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 54 of the act repealed 8 enactments, listed in schedule 7 to the act. CitationShort titleExtent of repeal7 Edw. 7. c. 23Criminal Appeal Act 1907The whole act.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58Criminal Justice Act 1948Section 38(1).15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 48Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952Section 3.In section 4(1), the words "or in the prosecution of his appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal".In section 17(5), the words "subsection (2) of section three".8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 65Administration of Justice Act 1960In section 1, subsection (1)(b).Section 2(2).Section 3(2).Section 4(1).Sections 7 and 8.Section 9(4).Schedule 3, so far as it amends the Criminal Appeal Act 1907, the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 and section 10 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.1964 c. 43Criminal Appeal Act 1964Sections 1 to 3 and 6(2).Schedule 2, so far as it amends the Criminal Appeal Act 1907 and the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962.1964 c. 84Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964Sections 2 and 3.In section 4, subsection (6) and in subsection (7) the words from the beginning to "restricting discharge; and".In section 5, subsection (1)(b) and (d) and subsections (2) and (5).1966 c. 31Criminal Appeal Act 1966In section 1, subsections (1) and (8).Sections 4 to 8.In section 12, the definitions in subsection (1) of "the 1907 Act" and "the 1952 Act", and subsection (3).In Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 to 3 and 6 to 8.1967 c. 80Criminal Justice Act 1967Section 32(5).Section 97.Section 98(1) to (5) and (7).In section 106(2)(f), the words "the Geneva Conventions Act 1957", and in section 106(3)(e), the words "the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 and".In Schedule 4, paragraphs 1 to 8, 20, 23, 24(a), 28, and 33 to 40.In Schedule 6, paragraphs 4, 22 and 27.
Subsequent developments The Criminal Appeal Act 1995 made significant amendments to the act, in particular inserting provisions establishing the Criminal Cases Review Commission, a body to review possible miscarriages of justice and refer cases back to the Court of Appeal.
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 amended the act to replace references to the House of Lords with references to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which assumed the House of Lords' judicial functions when it came into being in October 2009.
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