Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 2242

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Torture) (Overseas Territories) Order 1988

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1988 No. 2242

OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Torture) (Overseas Territories) Order 1988

Made	21st December 1988

Coming into force

7th January 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of December 1988

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 138(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988^[1], or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Torture) (Overseas Territories) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 7th January 1989.

    2.—(1)  Sections 134 and 135 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, modified as in Schedule 1 hereto, shall extend to the Territories specified in Schedule 2 hereto.

    (2)  For the purpose of construing those sections as part of the law of any Territory to which they so extend "the Territory" means that Territory, including its territorial waters.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

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Notes:

[1] 1988 c. 33.

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