Common Features
Short titles None of these Acts was originally provided with a short title.
The short titles were conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896.
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Derivative Legislation
The Canadian criminal law consolidation Acts of 1869 were based on the criminal law consolidation Acts 1861, and taken almost textually from them.
The Tasmanian Acts 27 Vict.
Nos. 5 - 10 were framed from the Imperial Acts 24 & 25 Vict c 94 and cc 96 - 100.
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Interpretation
Internal evidence of meaning by comparison of enactments In his commentary on these Acts,their draftsman said: This passage was cited and approved by Lord Steyn in R v.
Burstow, R v.
Ireland [1998] 1 Cr App Rep 177, [1997] 3 WLR 534, [1998] AC 147, [1997] UKHL 34, [1997] 4 All ER 225, (24 July 1997) (this case related to the significance of the app.
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List of The Acts
Accessories and Abettors Act 1861c. 94
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Passage Through Parliament
Hansard (House of Lords), 17 April 1860, vol.157, col. 1873 (nomination of select committee)
A consolidation bill is a bill introduced into the Parliament of the United Kingdom with the intention of consolidating several Acts of Parliament or Statutory Instruments into a single Act.
Such bills simplify the statute book without significantly changing the state of the law, and are subject to an expedited Parliamentary procedure.
Once enacted a consolidation bill becomes a consolidation Act.
The Criminal Law Consolidation Acts 1861 were Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
They consolidated provisions from a large number of earlier statutes which were then repealed.
Their purpose was to simplify the criminal law.
There were six consolidation Acts and a further Act which effected consequential repeals.
Aspect of Australian law
In Australia, murder is a criminal offence where a person, by a voluntary act or omission, causes the death of another person with either intent to kill, intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, or with reckless indifference to human life.
It may also arise in circumstances where the accused was committing, or assisting in the commission, of a different serious crime that results in a person's death.
It is usually punished by life imprisonment.
