Criminal Law Act 1977

Criminal Law Act 1977^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the law of England and Wales with respect to criminal conspiracy; to make new provision in that law, in place of the provisions of the common law and the Statutes of Forcible Entry, for restricting the use or threat of violence for securing entry into any premises and for penalising unauthorised entry or remaining on premises in certain circumstances; otherwise to amend the criminal law, including the law with respect to the administration of criminal justice; to provide for the alteration of certain pecuniary and other limits; to amend section 9(4) of the Administration of Justice Act 1973, the Legal Aid Act 1974, the Rabies Act 1974 and the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 and the law about juries and coroners inquests; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1977 c. 45
Dates
Royal assent	29 July 1977
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Forcible Entry Act 1381 Forcible Entry Act 1391 Forcible Entry Act 1429 Forcible Entry Act 1588 Forcible Entry Act 1623
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Most of it only applies to England and Wales. It creates the offence of conspiracy in English law. It also created offences concerned with criminal trespass in premises, made changes to sentencing, and created an offence of falsely reporting the existence of a bomb.