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Updated to 23 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990
No. 34 of 1990

Contents

Commencement

Section Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
 Commencement Information
Whole Act 5 June 1992 Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990 (Commencement) Order 1992 (S.I. No. 129 of 1992) art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected Affecting Provision
Repealed with transitional provisions 11/2014, ss. 1(2), 6(1), 7
S. 1 references “registered medical practitioner” construed 25/2007, ss. 1(3), 108(1)
S. 2(1) amended 29/2007, ss. 1(2), 53(a)(i)
  26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(i)(I)
  29/1996, ss. 3(a)(i), 12(2)
S. 2(1)(b) substituted 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(i)(II)
S. 2(1)(c) substituted 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(i)(III)
S. 2(1)(e) amended 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(i)(IV)
S. 2(1A) inserted 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(ii)
S. 2(2) amended 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(iii)
S. 2(3)(b) amended 29/2007, ss. 1(2), 53(a)(ii)
  29/1996, ss. 3(a)(ii), 12(2)
S. 2(4)(a) amended S. I. No. 130 of 1992, reg. 4
S. 2(4)(a), 2(10)(a) amended S. I. No. 130 of 1992, reg. 4, app. A
S. 2(4)(b) amended 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(iv)
  S. I. No. 130 of 1992, reg. 6
S. 2(4)(b), 2(10)(b) amended S. I. No. 130 of 1992, reg. 6, app. B
S. 2(5)(a)(ii) amended 29/2007, ss. 1(2), 53(a)(iii)
  26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(v)
S. 2 (6) amended S. I. No. 130 of 1992, reg. 5
S. 2 (6) applied S. I. No. 130 of 1992, reg. 5
S. 2(8) references “registered medical practitioner” construed 25/2007, ss. 1(3), 108(1)
S. 2(8A) inserted 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(vi)
S. 2(9) amended 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(a)(vii)
S. 3(1) amended 22/2011, ss. 1(2) & 12(a)
S. 3(1)(a)(i) substituted 10/1999, ss. 2 (2), 17 (1)
S. 3(2) amended 10/1999, ss. 2(2), 17(2)
S. 3(3) substituted 22/2011, ss. 1(2), 12(b)
S. 3(3A) inserted 22/2011, ss. 1(2), 12(c)
S. 4(2) amended 29/2007, ss. 1(2), 53(b)
  26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(b)(i)
  29/1996, ss. 3(b), 12(2)
S. 4(3) substituted 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(b)(ii)
S. 4(3A) inserted 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(b)(ii)
S. 4(5) form prescribed S.I. No. 93 of 1997, ord. 31, rls. 6, 7, forms 31.5, 31.6, schedule B
S. 5 form prescribed S.I. No. 130 of 1992, regs. 1(2), 9
S. 5(2)(a) amended 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(c)
S. 5(2)(aa) inserted 26/2006, ss. 1(2), 14(c)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 5 Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 154 of 2008)
  Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990 Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 130 of 1992)