Text of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Section 25 of the act creates the offence of child destruction, which states:
[A]ny person who, with intent to destroy the life of a child then capable of being born alive, by any wilful act causes a child to die before it has an existence independent of its mother, shall be guilty of felony, to wit, of child destruction...
This section provides a defence of acting in good faith to preserve the life of the mother. The offence supplemented the offence of abortion (under the Offences against the Person Act 1861), which deals with unborn children not capable of being born alive. The Offences against the Person Act 1861 was repealed for Northern Ireland in October 2019.[1]
Other provisions of the Act deal with miscellaneous criminal procedure, search warrants pertaining to brothels, marital coercion, and a prohibition on the taking of photographs in court.
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criminal, justice, northern, ireland, 1945, parliament, northern, ireland, parliament, northern, irelandlong, titlean, amend, with, respect, administration, criminal, justice, certain, purposes, connected, therewith, citation1945, datesroyal, assent13, decembe. The Criminal Justice Act Northern Ireland 1945 c 15 N I is an act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland Criminal Justice Act Northern Ireland 1945Parliament of Northern IrelandLong titleAn Act to amend the law with respect to the administration of criminal justice and for certain purposes connected therewith Citation1945 c 15 N I DatesRoyal assent13 December 1945Status Current legislationText of the Criminal Justice Act Northern Ireland 1945 as in force today including any amendments within the United Kingdom from legislation gov uk Section 25 of the act creates the offence of child destruction which states A ny person who with intent to destroy the life of a child then capable of being born alive by any wilful act causes a child to die before it has an existence independent of its mother shall be guilty of felony to wit of child destruction This section provides a defence of acting in good faith to preserve the life of the mother The offence supplemented the offence of abortion under the Offences against the Person Act 1861 which deals with unborn children not capable of being born alive The Offences against the Person Act 1861 was repealed for Northern Ireland in October 2019 1 Other provisions of the Act deal with miscellaneous criminal procedure search warrants pertaining to brothels marital coercion and a prohibition on the taking of photographs in court References edit Northern Ireland abortion law changes What do they mean nbsp This Northern Ireland related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This legislation in the United Kingdom or its constituent jurisdictions article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Criminal Justice Act Northern Ireland 1945 amp oldid 1197288312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
