Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022

What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Increases maximum penalty for conspiracy to murder from 10 years to life imprisonment; clarifies that section 71 of Criminal Justice Act 2006 does not apply to this offence.
• Creates new criminal offences for non-fatal strangulation and suffocation; amends harassment offence and introduces standalone stalking offence with lower threshold for proof.
• Establishes civil court orders to protect people from harassment and stalking conduct; breach of order is criminal offence punishable by fine or up to 12 months imprisonment.

Stage timeline What do these stages mean?

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   9 Sep 2022
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   13 Oct 2022
3. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   13 Oct 2022
4. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   29 Mar 2023
5. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   29 Mar 2023
6. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   29 Mar 2023
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   23 May 2023
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   28 Jun 2023
9. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   5 Jul 2023
10. Enacted

    19 Jul 2023

Debates

• From the Seanad 12 Jul 2023 ↗
• Report and Final Stages 5 Jul 2023 ↗
• Committee Stage 28 Jun 2023 ↗
• Second Stage 23 May 2023 ↗
• Report and Final Stages 29 Mar 2023 ↗
• Second Stage 13 Oct 2022 ↗

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