| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the law relating to the civil liabilities and rights of the Crown and to civil proceedings by and against the Crown, to amend the law relating to the civil liabilities of persons other than the Crown in certain cases involving the affairs or property of the Crown, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 44 |
| Introduced by | Lord Jowitt Lord Chancellor[1] |
| Territorial extent | |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 31 July 1947 |
| Commencement | 1 January 1948 |
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| Amended by | Merchant Shipping Act 1995 |
Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 44) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed, for the first time, civil actions against the Crown to be brought in the same way as against any other party. The act also reasserted the common law doctrine of Crown privilege but by making it, for the first time, justiciable paved the way for the development of the modern law of public interest immunity.
The act received royal assent on 31 July 1947 and came into force on 1 January 1948.[4]
There remain significant differences between Crown proceedings and claims between private parties, especially as to enforcement of judgments.