The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c 20) (NI) is an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It makes similar provision to the Homicide Act 1957 and the

Suicide Act 1961 The Suicide Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz 2 c 60) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It decriminalised the act of suicide in England and Wales so that those who failed in the attempt to kill themselves would no longer be prosecuted. Th ...

for Northern Ireland.

Part I – Provisions as to criminal responsibility

Section 1

The definition of "insane person" in this section is applied b
section 30
of the

Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in C ...

Part II – Homicide and suicide

Section 9

This section was partially repealed by the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c 34) (NI). As to section 9(2) of this Act, see section 73(1) of that Act. This section was repealed by section 31(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the

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Section 10

This section created the offence of

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. This section was repealed by section 31(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the

Section 11

This section was repealed by section 31(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the

Section 13 – Criminal liability for complicity in another's suicide

This section is amended b
section 60
of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

Section 13A – Acts capable of encouraging or assisting

This section was inserted by section 60(4) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

Section 13B – Course of conduct

This section was inserted by section 60(4) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

Section 14 – Suicide pacts

This section creates the partial defence of

suicide pact A suicide pact is an agreed plan between two or more individuals to die by suicide. The plan may be to die together, or separately and closely timed. General considerations Suicide pacts are an important concept in the study of suicide, and h ...

which reduces murder to manslaughter.

Part III

Sections 15 to 20 and 22 were repealed by 1968 c 21.

Section 16

This section related to the disposal of an appeal against a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity. The words from "in relation to" onwards, in section 16(3), were repealed by section 103 of, and Part III of Schedule 7 to, the

Criminal Justice Act 1967 The Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c 80) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 9 allows uncontroversial witness statements to be read in court instead of having to call the witness to give live testimony in the courtroom, if ...

. Section 16(5) was inserted by section 98(6) of, and paragraph 41 of Schedule 4 to, the

Section 17

See paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the

Section 21

This section was repealed by section 51(2) of, and Schedule 5 to

Part IV – General

Section 23 – Short title

Section 23(2) was repealed by SLR 1973.

Schedule 1

This Schedule was repealed by 1968 c 21.

Schedule 2

This Schedule was partially repealed by the Grand Jury (Abolition) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c 15) (NI) This Schedule was repealed by section 51(2) of, and Schedule 5 to

References

External links

Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966
as amended from the National Archives. {{UK legislation Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland 1966 Criminal law of Northern Ireland Homicide Suicide in the United Kingdom