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44Periods for hospital directionsS

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(1)The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 59A (hospital direction)—

(a)in subsection (4)(b), for the words “expiry of the period of” there is substituted “ end of the day following the ”,

(b)in subsection (7)(a), for the words “expiry of the period of” there is substituted “ end of the day following the ”.

(3)In section 59C (hospital direction: supplementary), in subsection (1), for the words “expiry of the period of” there is substituted “ end of the day following the ”.

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I1S. 44 in force at 30.9.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/197, art. 2, sch. (with art. 23)

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