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12-696: The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act 1887 ( 50 & 51 Vict. c. 20) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amended the criminal law in Ireland to give greater law enforcement power to the authorities. It was introduced by Arthur Balfour , then Chief Secretary for Ireland , to deal with the Plan of Campaign , an increase in illegal activity associated with the Land War . It

24-451: The 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom , which met from 27 January 1887 until 16 September 1887. List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland to 1707 Interregnum (1642–1660) Rescinded (1639–1651) This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland , which was in existence until 1707. For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain . For acts passed from 1801 onwards, see

36-732: The Lord Lieutenant to proclaim associations to be "dangerous" and to prohibit them. Under this power, the Irish National League was banned on 19 August 1887; likewise the First Dáil on 10 September 1919; Sinn Féin , the Irish Volunteers , Cumann na mBan , and the Gaelic League were proclaimed dangerous on 3 July 1918, and banned in various counties between June and October 1919. Bills to repeal

48-608: The Parliament of Ireland . For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament , the list of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly , and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru ; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland . The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by

60-675: The RIC in the Commons, O'Brien dubbed him "Bloody Balfour". On 6 May 1920, as the Irish War of Independence was escalating, it was reported to the Commons that "Between 1st November, 1918, and 30th April, 1920, 305 cases were dealt with under the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act. 1,109 persons were prosecuted in these cases, 454 were convicted, 109 were discharged, 352 were ordered to find bail, 194 are awaiting trial." The act empowered

72-596: The act were introduced regularly by Irish nationalist MPs. In 1907, Michael Hogan proposed a motion in the Commons that, "in the opinion of this House, the presence of the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act on the Statute Book is a gross violation of the Constitution , without parallel in any other portion of His Majesty's dominions, and that the Act should be immediately repealed." It was supported on behalf of

84-472: The act would have force. The other provisions applied only with such "proclaimed areas". The act allowed actions connected to agrarian violence to be tried as summary offences by a magistrate without a jury . The " Mitchelstown Massacre " occurred on 9 September 1887, when Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) members fired at a crowd protesting against the conviction under the act of two men, including MP William O'Brien . Three were killed; when Balfour defended

96-418: The first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland . For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain . See also the list of acts of

108-736: The government by Augustine Birrell , the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, and passed by 252 votes to 83. A 1908 repeal bill passed second reading and committee stage in the Commons. The act was repealed in the Republic of Ireland by the Statute Law Revision Act 1983 . In the United Kingdom (as regards Northern Ireland ) the act was partially repealed by the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 . 50 %26 51 Vict. Note that

120-577: The last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number. All modern acts have a short title , e.g. the Local Government Act 2003. Some earlier acts also have a short title given to them by later acts, such as by the Short Titles Act 1896 . The second session of

132-496: The year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of

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144-664: Was informally called the Crimes Act , Irish Crimes Act , or Perpetual Crimes Act ; (the last because it was permanent, unlike earlier Crimes Acts passed as emergency measures with limited duration) or the Jubilee Coercion Act (being passed in the year of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria ). The act empowered the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by proclamation to name a district within which

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