The Criminal Law Act 1826 (7 Geo. 4. c. 64) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated a large number of acts relating to criminal procedure.
The act is often considered one of Peel's Acts, which consolidated, repealed and replaced a large number of existing statutes. The act formerly dealt with the preliminary examination and committal of accused persons by justices, the taking of depositions, the form of indictments, and the costs of prosecutions.
The act repealed for England and Wales statutes relating to the criminal law from 1275 to 1825 Similar provision was made for Ireland by the Criminal Statutes (Ireland) Repeal Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 53).
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