Criminal Procedure Act 1851

Criminal Procedure Act 1851
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for further improving the Administration of Criminal Justice.
Citation	14 & 15 Vict. c. 100
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland;
Dates
Royal assent	7 August 1851
Commencement	1 September 1851
Repealed	2 May 1986
Other legislation
Amends	Pleading in Misdemeanor Act 1819; Offences against the Person Act 1837;
Amended by	Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861; Statute Law Revision Act 1875; Perjury Act 1911; Larceny Act 1916; Criminal Law Act 1967; Courts Act 1971; Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978;
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Criminal Procedure Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 100) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was drafted by Charles Sprengel Greaves. Stephen said that compared to earlier legislation on defects in indictments, the Criminal Procedure Act 1851 "went further in the way of removing technicalities, but it did so by an enumeration of them, so technical and minute, that no one could possibly understand it who had not first acquainted himself with all the technicalities which it was meant to abolish."