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Bills / Bill 93 of 2023

Public bill

Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) (Amendment) Bill 2023

Current Most recent stage: Second Stage

How far it has got

  1. First Stage
  2. Second Stage
  3. Committee Stage
  4. Report Stage
  5. Fifth Stage
  6. Enacted

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What the bill says it does

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 to permit and encourage courts to refer cases to restorative justice schemes between charge and conviction, and to dismiss charges if appropriate; to encourage courts to refer cases to restorative justice schemes between conviction and sentencing; to permit and encourage An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions to refer cases to restorative justice schemes between charge and court, and to review the decision to prosecute if appropriate; and to make related provisions.

This is the bill's official long title.