In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, this section now reads: The words omitted were repealed for England and Wales by section 10(2) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967 and for Northern Ireland by Part II of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.

The words "for felony or misdemeanour" were repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 16 of, and the Third Schedule to, the Criminal Law Act 1997.

In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, this section now reads: The words omitted were repealed for England and Wales by section 10(2) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967 and for Northern Ireland by Part II of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.

The words "for felony or misdemeanour" were repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 16 of, and the Third Schedule to, the Criminal Law Act 1997.

In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, this section reads: "Adverse" See Greenough v Eccles (1859) 5 CB (NS) 786, (1859) 33 LT (OS) 19, (1859) 5 Jur (NS) 766 (decided under section 22 of the Common Law Procedure Act 1854).