Criminal Justice Act 1967
The Criminal Justice Act 1967 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Section 9 allows uncontroversial witness statements to be read in court instead of having to call the witness to give live testimony in the courtroom, if it will not be necessary to challenge their evidence in cross-examination. The rule in section 9 was not new in 1967; it was a re-enactment of a law which had previously appeared in the Criminal Justice Act 1925 and the Criminal Justice Act 1948.
Section 13 removed the requirement for unanimous verdicts and permitted majority verdicts for juries in England and Wales.
Sections 39 to 42 introduced the ability for courts to suspend a sentence.
Section 89 makes it an offence to lie in a witness statement.