Prosecution of Offences Act 1884

The Prosecution of Offences Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 58) was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament. Its main purpose was to modify the original Prosecution of Offences Act 1879, merging the roles of Director of Public Prosecutions and Treasury Solicitor (Section 2), though it also put in place a requirement for Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners and District Superintendents of the Metropolitan Police, Commissioners of the City of London Police, Chief Constables and the heads of every other county, city and borough police forces in England to report to the Director (Sections 3–4).The Public General Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1884, page 137 Its Section 2 was itself repealed by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 3), again splitting the two roles.Rozenberg, Joshua (1987). The Case for the Crown: the Inside Story of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Equation Publishing. ISBN 1-85336-011-2., page 22

Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 11(2) of, and part II of the schedule to, the Prosecution of Offences Act 1979, which came into force on 4 May 1979.

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