Trials for Felony Act 1836

The Trials for Felony Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 114) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Trials for Felony Act 1836^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for enabling Persons indicted of Felony to make their Defence by Counsel or Attorney.
Citation	6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 114
Territorial extent	England (including Wales and Berwick) and Ireland[2]
Dates
Royal assent	20 August 1836
Other legislation
Amended by	Summary Jurisdiction Act 1848 Statute Law Revision Act 1874 Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

This act was extended to the Turks and Caicos Islands by the act of the Legislative Council 4 Vic. c. 30 (TC).^[3]

This act was repealed in part by the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1848.

The words "and be it further enacted, that" wherever they occurred were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 57).^[4]

In a report dated 27 September 1985, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission said that section 4 was the only provision that had not been repealed. They said that it was redundant. They recommended that the act be repealed.^[5] This Act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Group 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986.

This act was repealed for Northern Ireland by section 15(2) of, and schedule 2 to, the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.

This act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 16 of, and the Third Schedule to, the Criminal Law Act 1997.

Preamble

The preamble was repealed by section 1 of, and part II of the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 51).^[6]

Section 1 – All persons tried for felony after 1 October next may make their defence by counsel or attorney

This section was repealed for England and Wales^[7] by section 10(2) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

This section, to "October next" was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890.

Section 5

This section from "this Act" to "Parliament; and that" was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 35).^[8]