IE-2007-act-36 — Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2007

Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 1967. 1 .— Section 22 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 is amended by— ( a ) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3) (inserted by section 18 ( b ) of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 ): “(3) A recognisance to which subsection (2) applies may be taken by— ( a ) any judge of the District Court, ( b ) any District Court clerk, ( c ) a peace commissioner designated for that purpose by order of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, ( d ) the governor of a prison, or ( e ) a prison officer designated for that purpose by the governor of a prison.”, and ( b ) the insertion of the following subsection: “(5) In this section ‘ prison ’ has the same meaning as it has in the Prisons Act 2007 .”. Short title. 2 .— This Act may be cited as the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2007.