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Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36)

1993 CHAPTER 36

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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  1. PART I

    JURISDICTION

    1. 1. Offences to which this Part applies.

    2. 2. Jurisdiction in respect of Group A offences.

    3. 3. Questions immaterial to jurisdiction in the case of certain offences.

    4. 4. Rules for determining certain jurisdictional questions relating to the location of events.

    5. 5. Conspiracy, attempt and incitement.

    6. 6. Relevance of external law.

  2. PART II

    DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENCES

    1. Confiscation orders

      1. 7. Confiscation orders.

      2. 8. Postponed determinations.

      3. 9. Assumptions about proceeds of drug trafficking.

      4. 10. Provision of information.

      5. 11. Variation of confiscation orders.

      6. 12. Revised assessment of proceeds of drug trafficking.

      7. 13. Availability of powers and satisfaction of orders.

    2. Death or absence of defendant

      1. 14. Defendant who has died or absconded.

      2. 15. Compensation.

    3. Offences

      1. 16. Acquisition, possession or use of proceeds of drug trafficking.

      2. 17. Acquisition, possession or use of proceeds of drug trafficking: Scotland.

      3. 18. Offences in connection with laundering money from drug trafficking.

      4. 19. Offences in connection with laundering money from drug trafficking: Scotland.

      5. 20. Prosecution by order of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

    4. Enforcement

      1. 21. Enforcement of certain orders.

      2. 22. Enforcement of Northern Ireland orders: drug trafficking.

      3. 23. Transfer of certain enforcement powers to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

    5. Miscellaneous

      1. 24. Miscellaneous amendments.

      2. 25. Appeal against order forfeiting drug trafficking cash.

      3. 26. Disclosure of information etc. received in privileged circumstances.

  3. PART III

    PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT

    1. Confiscation orders

      1. 27. Confiscation orders.

      2. 28. Postponed determinations.

    2. Money laundering and other offences

      1. 29. Assisting another to retain the benefit of criminal conduct.

      2. 30. Acquisition, possession or use of proceeds of criminal conduct.

      3. 31. Concealing or transferring proceeds of criminal conduct.

      4. 32. Tipping-off.

      5. 33. Application to Scotland of sections 93A to 93D of 1988 Act.

      6. 34. Enforcement of Northern Ireland orders: proceeds of criminal conduct.

      7. 35. Prosecution by order of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

  4. PART IV

    FINANCING ETC. OF TERRORISM

    1. Amendments of the 1991 Act

      1. 36. Confiscation orders.

      2. 37. Revised assessments.

      3. 38. Statements, etc. relevant to making confiscation orders.

      4. 39. Provision of information.

      5. 40. Variation of confiscation orders.

      6. 41. Availability of powers and satisfaction of orders.

      7. 42. Defendant who has died or absconded.

      8. 43. Compensation.

      9. 44. Realisable property.

      10. 45. Enforcement.

      11. 46. Enforcement of orders outside Northern Ireland.

      12. 47. Offences relating to proceeds of terrorist-related activities.

      13. 48. Failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion relating to proceeds of terrorist-related activities.

    2. Amendments of the 1989 Act

      1. 49. Financial assistance for terrorism.

      2. 50. Investigation of terrorist activities.

      3. 51. Failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion of financial assistance for terrorism.

    3. PART V

    4. INSIDER DEALING

    5. The offence of insider dealing

      1. 52. The offence.

      2. 53. Defences.

    6. Interpretation

      1. 54. Securities to which Part V applies.

      2. 55. “Dealing” in securities.

      3. 56. “Inside information”, etc.

      4. 57. “Insiders”.

      5. 58. Information “made public”.

      6. 59. “Professional intermediary”.

      7. 60. Other interpretation provisions.

    7. Miscellaneous

      1. 61.. Penalties and prosecution.

      2. 62. Territorial scope of offence of insider dealing.

      3. 63. Limits on section 52.

      4. 64. Orders.

    8. PART VI

    9. MISCELLANEOUS

      1. 65. Fixing of fines.

      2. 66. Powers of courts to deal with offenders.

      3. 67. Penalty for causing death by dangerous driving or by careless driving.

      4. 68. Appeals in Scotland against lenient disposals, etc.

      5. 69. Supervised release of certain young offenders in Scotland.

      6. 70. Penalties under implementation regulations.

      7. 71. Offences in connection with taxation etc. in the EC.

      8. 72. Backing of warrants: safeguards.

      9. 73. Power of Secretary of State to make grants in relation to combating drug misuse.

      10. 74. Persons not eligible for early release.

      11. 75. Compassionate release of certain children and other persons in Scotland.

      12. 76. Life prisoners transferred to Scotland.

      13. 77. Power to extend certain offences to Crown servants and to exempt regulators etc.

  5. PART VII

    SUPPLEMENTARY

    1. 78. Commencement etc.

    2. 79. Short title, extent etc.

    1. Schedule 1

      Special defences.

    2. Schedule 2

      Securities.

    3. Schedule 3

      Financial penalties.

    4. Schedule 4

      Extensions and exemptions.

    5. Schedule 5

      Consequential Amendments.

      1. Part I

        Enactments.

      2. Part II

        Orders in Council under the Northern Ireland Act 1974.

    6. Schedule 6

      Repeals and Revocations.

      1. Part I

        Repeals.

      2. Part II

        Revocations.

An Act to make provision about the jurisdiction of courts in England and Wales in relation to certain offences of dishonesty and blackmail; to amend the law about drug trafficking offences and to implement provisions of the Community Council Directive No. 91/308/EEC; to amend Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; to make provision with respect to the financing of terrorism, the proceeds of terrorist-related activities and the investigation of terrorist activities; to amend Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1991; to implement provisions of the Community Council Directive No. 89/592/EEC and to amend and restate the law about insider dealing in securities; to provide for certain offences created by the Banking Coordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992 to be punishable in the same way as offences under sections 39, 40 and 41 of the Banking Act 1987 and to enable regulations implementing Article 15 of the Community Council Directive No. 89/646/EEC and Articles 3, 6 and 7 of the Community Council Directive No. 92/30/EEC to create offences punishable in that way; to make provision with respect to the penalty for causing death by dangerous driving or causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs; to make it an offence to assist in or induce certain conduct which for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provisions of Community law is unlawful in another member State; to provide for the introduction of safeguards in connection with the return of persons under backing of warrants arrangements; to amend the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 and Part I of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993; and for connected purposes.

[27th July 1993]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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