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| Name: | Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, 2011 (No. 34 of 2011). |
| Country: | Bahamas |
| Subject(s): | Criminal and penal law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2011-11-04 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | BHS-2011-L-90307 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=90307&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line  Bahamas Laws On-line, Government of the Bahamas PDF (consulted on 2017-08-08) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Makes minor wording amendments to sections 7, 9, 19, 12, 213, 235, and 237. Section 170 is amended by adding a new subsection (3) concerning abolishing the right to make an unsworn statement in answer to a criminal charge. Section 173 is amended by inserting a new subsection (10) concerning court directions to the jury with respect to alibi statements. Section 176 is repealed and replaced by a new section concerning order of speeches. Section 185 is repealed and replaced by a new section concerning evidence for arriving at proper sentence. Section 213 is repealed and replaced by a new section concerning limitation of time for proceedings for summary offences. A new subsection (4A) is added to section 258 concerning voluntary bills of indictment. |
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