Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975

F1 Procedure prior to Trial E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Act repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 40), s. 6(1), Sch. 5 (with ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 3 paras. 3, 16, Sch. 6)

F1 Arrest, Judicial Examination, Custody, Bail, Etc. S

F1 12 Petitions for Warrants. S

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F1 13 Warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients. S

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F1 14 Warrant to search for or remove a child. S

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F1 15 Warrants granted by justice may be executed throughout Scotland. S

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F1 15A Warrants for search and apprehension to be signed by judge. S

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[F1 16 Backing of certain warrants from the Isle of Man. S

(1) A warrant issued in the Isle of Man for the arrest of a person charged with an offence may, after it has been endorsed by a justice in Scotland, be executed there by the person bringing that warrant, by any person to whom the warrant was originally directed or by any officer of law of the sheriff court district where the warrant has been endorsed as aforesaid in like manner as any such warrant issued in Scotland.

(2) In this section “endorsed” means endorsed in the like manner as a process to which section 4 of the M1 Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act 1881 applies.]

Marginal Citations

M1 1881 c. 24 (36:3).

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F1 18 Power of constable to take offenders into custody. S

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F1 19 Prisoners before examination to have access to solicitor. S

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F1 20 Accused at examination need not emit a declaration. S

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F1 20A Accused at examination may be questioned by prosecutor. S

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F1 20B Record to be made of proceedings at examination. S

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F1 21 Examination of accused on charges arising in different districts. S

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F1 22 Committal until liberation in due course of law. S

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F1 23 Remand and committal of persons under 21. S

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F1 24 Committal of children to custody in place of safety. S

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F1 25 Power of court to commit to hospital a person suffering from mental disorder. S

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F1 26 Bail competent before committal. S

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F1 27 Renewal of application for bail after committal. S

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F1 28 Admission or refusal of bail after committal. S

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F1 28A No bail for persons charged with or convicted of homicide or rape after previous conviction of such offences. S

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F1 30 Application for review of court’s decision on bail and caution. S

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F1 30A Application by prosecutor for review of court’s decision to grant bail. S

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F1 31 Appeal in respect of bail. S

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F1 32 No fees exigible against accused in respect of application for bail. S

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F1 33 Liberation of applicant when appeal by public prosecutor. S

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F1 35 Right of Lord Advocate and High Court to admit a person to bail. S

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F1 37 Power to order parent to give security for child’s good behaviour. S

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F1 38 Separation of children from adults at courts, etc. S

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F1 39 Attendance at court of parent of child charged with an offence, etc. S

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F1 40 Notice to local authority of charge against a child. S

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F1 The Indictment S

F1 41 Indictment forms. S

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F1 42 Resignation, death or demission of office of Lord Advocate. S

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F1 43 Naming of accused. S

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F1 44 Nomen juris unnecessary. S

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F1 45 Case of two or more persons charged. S

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F1 46 “Guilty, actor or art and part” unnecessary. S

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F1 47 “All which or part” implied. S

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F1 48 Qualifying words to be implied. S

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F1 48A Common law and statutory offences in same indictment. S

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F1 48B Description of offence in words of statute or order. S

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F1 49 Quotation of statutes unnecessary. S

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F1 50 Latitude as to time and place. S

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F1 51 Latitude as to quantities, persons, things or modes. S

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F1 52 Description of buildings, goods, money or other property. S

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F1 53 Description of persons, goods, etc. S

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F1 54 “Money” to include coin, bank notes and post office orders. S

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F1 55 Setting forth documents unnecessary. S

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F1 56 Declarations, etc., not averred. S

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F1 57 Indictments, etc., written or printed or partly so. S

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F1 58 Authentication of alterations to indictment, etc. S

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F1 59 Reset. S

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F1 60 Robbery, etc. to include reset, and theft to include breach of trust, etc. S

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F1 60A Proceedings under the Merchant Shipping Acts. S

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F1 61 Procedure where more than one crime charged. S

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F1 63 Attempt at crime. S

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F1 64 Statutory offences which are offences at common law. S

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F1 65 Superfluous particulars as to identity. S

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F1 66 Proof of exceptions, qualifications, etc. S

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F1 67 Offence committed in special capacity. S

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F1 Notice of previous convictions S

F1 68 Notice of previous convictions. S

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F1 Citation of Accused, Witnesses and Jurors S

F1 69 Warrants for citation. S

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F1 70 Service of indictment and list of witnesses. S

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F1 71 Manner of service of indictment, etc. S

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F1 72 Officers may cite jurors and witnesses, without witnesses and oath of officer sufficient evidence of citation. S

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F1 73 Execution of citation of indictment. S

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F1 74 Proceedings against bodies corporate. S

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F1 Fixing the Diets S

F1 75 Notice of trial diet. S

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F1 75A First diet. S

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F1 76 Preliminary diet. S

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F1 76A Appeal in connection with preliminary diet. S

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F1 77 Alteration of trial diet. S

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F1 77A Application for postponement of trial diet. S

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F1 Lodging of List of Witnesses, Productions, Special Defence, Etc. S

F1 78 Record copy of indictment and list of witnesses. S

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F1 79 Description of witnesses. S

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F1 80 Objection to witness. S

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F1 81 Examination by prosecutor of witnesses, etc., not included in lists lodged. S

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F1 82 Written notice of special defence and examination of witnesses and productions not included in lists lodged. S

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F1 82A Parties may examine each other’s witnesses etc. S

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F1 83 Accused entitled to see productions. S

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F1 84 Proof as to productions. S

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F1 84A Agreement of evidence. S

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F1 Preparation of Jury List, etc. S

F1 85 Number of jurors to be returned for trial. S

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F1 86 Jurors for High Court at Edinburgh. S

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F1 89 Jurors in inferior courts. S

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F1 90 Order in which names of jurors are to be taken. S

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F1 91 Names of jurors dying or becoming disqualified to be passed over in making returns of jurors. S

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F1 92 Jurors as returned to serve on trials. S

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F1 93 Names of jurors to be inserted in one roll. S

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F1 94 One list of assize sufficient for all trials at the same diet in High Court. S

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F1 95 No irregularity in lists, etc., to be an objection to jurors. S

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F1 96 Note of jury list. S

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F1 97 Sufficient jurors only to be summoned. S

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F1 98 Jurors to be cited by registered letter or recorded delivery. S

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F1 99 Fining of jurors for non-attendance. S

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F1 100 No exemptions by sex or marriage from liability to serve as juror. S

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F1 Delay in trial S

F1 101 Prevention of delay in trials. S

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F1 Accelerated Trial S

F1 102 Procedure where accused desires to plead guilty. S

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F1 First Diet S

F1 103 Pleas of guilty. S

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F1 104 Remit to High Court for sentence. S

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F1 108 Certain objections competent only at first diet. S

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F1 109 Interlocutor of relevancy unnecessary. S

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F1 111 Postponement on old warrant where diet deserted. S

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F1 111A Computation of period. S

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F1 Sittings of High Court S

F1 112 Place of High Court Sittings. S

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F1 113 Judges in High Court. S

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F1 114 Fixing of High Court sittings. S

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F1 114A Transfer of sheriff court solemn proceedings. S

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F1 123 Amendment of indictment. S

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F1 124 On plea of guilty, jury to be dispensed with and sentence pronounced. S

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F1 125 On plea of not guilty, plea to be recorded and jury balloted. S

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F1 126 On plea of not guilty, the indictment need not be read over. S

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F1 127 Procedure where trial does not take place. S

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F1 128 Provision for death or illness of judge. S

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F1 129 Jury to be chosen by ballot in open court. S

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F1 130 Challenges and objections to jurors. S

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F1 131 Juror without citation not to be objected to. S

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F1 132 Jurors chosen for one trial may continue to serve. S

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F1 133 Jurors may be excused. S

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F1 134 Provision for death or illness of jurors. S

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F1 135. Clerk to state charge, and swear jury. S

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F1 136 Trial to be continuous. S

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F1 137 Seclusion of jury. S

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F1 137A Verdict by judge alone. S

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F1 138 Witnesses not to be excluded by reason of conviction, interest, etc. S

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F1 139 Witnesses admissible notwithstanding relationship to parties. S

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F1 139A Power to permit witness to be in court during trial. S

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F1 140 Presence in court not to disqualify witnesses in certain cases. S

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F1 140A No case to answer. S

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F1 141 Accused and spouse competent witnesses for defence. S

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F1 141ZA Evidence of criminal record and character of accused. S

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F1 141A Evidence in relation to sexual offences. S

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F1 141B Exceptions to prohibition. S

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F1 143 Spouse to be competent witness. S

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F1 145 Trial in open court. S

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14F1 7 Witness may be examined, etc., as to having previously made a different statement. S

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F1 148 Examination of witness. S

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F1 148A Recall of witnesses. S

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F1 149 Additional evidence. S

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F1 149A Evidence in replication. S

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F1 150 Admissions and agreements as to evidence. S

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F1 151 Record of proceedings at examination to be received in evidence without being sworn to by witnesses. S

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F1 152 Defence to speak last. S

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F1 153 Seclusion of jury, etc., after retiral. S

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F1 154 Oral verdicts to be returned by juries. S

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F1 155 Verdicts may be returned by juries without retiring. S

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F1 155A Taking of other proceedings while jury out. S

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F1 156 Interruption of trial for verdict in earlier trial. S

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F1 157 Interruption of trial for plea or sentence in another cause. S

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F1 158 No proceeding under section 156 or 157 of this Act to be deemed an irregularity. S

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F1 159 Previous convictions. S

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F1 160 Laying of previous convictions before jury. S

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F1 161 Laying of previous convictions before judge. S

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F1 162 Extract convictions to be received and manner of proof. S

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F1 164 Proof of previous convictions by fingerprints. S

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F1 Procedure at trial involving children E+W+S

F1 165 Child under 14 not to be in court during trial of another person. S

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F1 166 Power to clear court while child is giving evidence in certain cases. S

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F1 167 Power to proceed with case in absence of person under 17. S

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F1 168 Power of court, in respect of certain offences against a child, to refer child to [F2 Principal Reporter]. S

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Textual Amendments

F2 S. 168: words in sidenote substituted (1.4.1996) by virtue of 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 97(8) (with s. 74(4)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

[F1 169 Restrictions on report of proceedings involving person under 16. E+W+S

(1) No newspaper report of any proceedings in a court shall reveal the name, address or school, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the identification, of any person under the age of 16 years concerned in the proceedings, either—

(a) as being a person against or in respect of whom the proceedings are taken; or

(b) as being a witness therein;

nor shall any picture which is, or includes, a picture of a person under the age of 16 years so concerned in the proceedings be published in any newspaper in a context relevant to the proceedings:

Provided that, in any case—

(i)

where the person is concerned in the proceedings as a witness only and no one against whom the proceedings are taken is under the age of 16 years, the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply unless the court so directs;

(ii)

the court may at any stage of the proceedings if satisfied that it is in the public interest so to do, direct that the requirements of this section (including such requirements as applied by a direction under paragraph (i) above) shall be dispensed with to such extent as the court may specify;

(iii)

the Secretary of State may, after completion of the proceedings, if so satisfied by order dispense with the said requirements to such extent as may be specified in the order.

(2) This section shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to sound and television [F3 programmes included in a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990)] as it applies in relation to newspapers.

(3) A person who publishes matter in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F4 level 4 on the standard scale].

(4) In this section, references to a court shall not include a court in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words substituted by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), s. 203(1), Sch. 20 para. 21

F4 Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46, (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G and (N.I.) 1984/703, (N.I. 13), art. 5

F1 170 Age of criminal responsibility. S

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F1 171 Presumption and determination of age of child. S

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F1 172 Welfare of child. S

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F1 173 Reference and remit of children’s cases by courts to children’s hearings. S

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Procedure at trial of persons suffering from mental disorder S

F1 174 Insanity in bar of trial or as the ground of acquittal. S

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F1 174ZA Examination of facts. S

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F1 174ZB Examination of facts: supplementary provisions. S

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F1 174ZC Disposal of case where accused found to be insane. S

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F1 174ZD Appeal by accused in case involving insanity. S

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F1 174ZE Appeal by Lord Advocate in case involving insanity. S

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F1 174A Interim hospital orders. S

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F1 175 Power of court to order hospital admission or guardianship. S

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F1 176 Requirements as to medical evidence. S

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F1 177 Supplementary provisions as to hospital orders. S

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F1 178 Power of court to restrict discharge from hospital. S

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E+W+S Conviction and Sentence

F1 Adjournment and remand S

F1 179 Power of court to adjourn a case before sentence. S

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F1 179A Offence committed by person under supervision etc.: provision of local authority report. S

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F1 180 Remand for inquiry into physical or mental condition. S

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Admonition and discharge S

F1 181 Admonition. S

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F1 182 Absolute discharge. S

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Caution S

F1 182A Caution. S

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F1 Probation E+W+S

F1 183 Probation. S

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F1 184 Probation orders requiring treatment for mental condition. S

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F1 185 Discharge and amendment of probation orders. S

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F1 186 Failure to comply with requirement of probation order. S

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F1 187 Commission of further offence. S

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188 Probation orders relating to persons residing in England. E+W+S

(1) Where the court by which a probation order is made under section 183 of this Act [F5 (not being a probation order including a requirement [F6 which, while corresponding to a requirement mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 1A to the M2 Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, would if included in a probation order made under that Act fail to accord with a restriction as to days of presentation, participation or attendance mentioned in paragraph 2(4)(a) or (6)(a), or as the case may be 3(3)(a), of that Schedule] )] is satisfied that the offender has attained the age of [F7 16]years and resides or will reside in England, subsection (2) of the said section shall not apply to the order, but the order shall contain a requirement that he be under the supervision of a probation officer appointed for or assigned to the petty sessions area in which the offender resides or will reside; F8 . . . that area shall be named in the order [F9 ; and where the order includes a requirement that the probationer perform unpaid work for a number of hours, the number specified shall not exceed one hundred.].

(2) Where a probation order has been made under section 183 of this Act and the court in Scotland by which the order was made or the appropriate court is satisfied

F10 [(a) that the probationer has attained the age of 16 years;

(b) that he proposes to reside, or is residing, in England; and

(c) that suitable arrangements for his supervision can be made by the probation committee for the area which contains the petty sessions area in which he resides or will reside]

, the power of that court to amend the order under Schedule 5 to this Act shall include power to insert the provisions required by subsection (1) of this section [F11 or to vary any requirement for performance of unpaid work so that such hours as remain to be worked do not exceed one hundred]; and the court may so amend the order without summoning the probationer and without his consent.

(3) A probation order made or amended by virtue of this section may, notwithstanding section 184(8) of this Act, include a requirement that the probationer shall submit to treatment for his mental condition and—

(a) subsections (1), (3) and (7) of the said section 184 and [F12 paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 1A to] the M2 Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (all of which regulate the making of probation orders which include any such requirement) shall apply to the making of an order which includes any such requirement by virtue of this subsection as they apply to the making of an order which includes any such requirement by virtue of section 184 of this Act and [F12 paragraph 5 of Schedule 1A to] the said Act of 1973 respectively; and

(b) [F13 sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1A to] the said Act of 1973 (functions of supervising officer and medical practitioner where such a requirement has been imposed) shall apply in relation to a probationer who is undergoing treatment in England in pursuance of a requirement imposed by virtue of this subsection as they apply in relation to a probationer undergoing such treatment in pursuance of a requirement imposed by virtue of that section.

(4) Sections 185(1) and 186(1) of this Act shall not apply to any order made or amended under this section; but subject as hereinafter provided the provisions of

[F14 Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 shall apply to the order—

(a) except in the case mentioned in paragraph (b) below, as if that order were a probation order made under section 2 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973; and

(b) in the case of an order which contains a requirement such as is mentioned in subsection (5A) of section 183 or 384 of this Act, as if it were a combination order made under section 11 of the said Act of 1991:

Provided that Part III of that Schedule shall not so apply; and sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) of paragraph 3 of that Schedule shall so apply as if for the first reference in the said sub-paragraph (3) to the Crown Court there were substituted a reference to a court in Scotland and for the other references in those sub-paragraphs to the Crown Court there were substituted references to the court in Scotland.]

(5) If it appears on information to a justice acting for the petty sessions area [F15 named in a probation order made or amended under this section that the person to whom the order relates] has been convicted by a court in any part of Great Britain of an offence committed during the period specified in the order, he may issue a summons requiring that person to appear, at the place and time specified therein, before the court in Scotland by which the probation order was made or, if the information is in writing and on oath, may issue a warrant for his arrest, directing that person to be brought before the last-mentioned court.

(6) If a warrant for the arrest of a probationer issued under section 187 of this Act by a court is executed in England, and the probationer cannot forthwith be brought before that court, the warrant shall have effect as if it directed him to be brought before a magistrates’ court for the place where he is arrested; and the magistrates’ court shall commit him to custody or release him on bail (with or without sureties) until he can be brought or appear before the court in Scotland.

(7) The court by which a probation order is made or amended in accordance with the provisions of this section shall send three copies of the order to the clerk to the justices for the petty sessions area named therein, together with such documents and information relating to the case as it considers likely to be of assistance to the court acting for that petty sessions area.

(8) Where a probation order which is amended under subsection (2) of this section is an order to which the provisions of this Act apply by virtue of section 10 of the M2 Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (which relates to probation orders under that Act relating to persons residing in Scotland) then, notwithstanding anything in that section or this section, the order shall, as from the date of the amendment, have effect in all respects as if it were an order made under section 2 of that Act in the case of a person residing in England.

Extent Information

E1 S. 188(3)-(8) extends also to England and Wales see s. 463(1)(a)

Textual Amendments

F5 Words inserted by Community Service by Offenders (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 49, SIF 39:1), Sch. 2 para. 2

F6 Words in s. 188(1) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3, Pt. II para. 7(3)(a)(i)(with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2.

F7 Word in s. 188(1) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3, Pt. II para. 7(3)(a)(ii)(with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

F8 Word in s. 188(1) ceased to have effect (1.10.1992) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3, Pt. II para. 7(3)(a)(iii) (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2.

F9 Words in s. 188(1) added (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3, Pt. II para. 7(3)(a)(iv) (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

F10 S. 188(2)(a)(b)(c) substituted (1.10.1992) for certain words by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3 , Pt. II para. 7(3)(b)(i) (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

F11 Words in s. 188(2) inserted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3 , Pt. II para. 7(3)(b)(ii) (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

F12 Words in s. 188(3)(a) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3, Pt. II para. 7(3)(c)(i) (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2.

F13 Words in s. 188(3)(b) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3, Pt. II para. 7(3)(c)(ii) (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

F14 S. 188(4)(a)(b) and proviso substituted (1.10.1992) for certain words by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3, Pt. II para. 7(3)(d) (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2.

F15 Words in s. 188(5) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 16, Sch. 3, Pt. II para. 7(3)(e) (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

Marginal Citations

M2 1973 c. 62(39:1).

F1 189 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S

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F1 190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 191 Effects of probation and absolute discharge. S

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F1 192 Probation reports. S

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F1 Penalties for statutory offences S

F1 193 Power to mitigate penalties. S

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F1 193A Fines on conviction on indicment to be without limit. S

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F1 193B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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Fines S

F1 194 Application of summary procedure provisions relating to fines. S

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F1 195 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 196 Fines, etc., may be enforced in other district. S

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F1 197—202. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 203 Fines payable to H.M. Exchequer. S

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F1 204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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Imprisonment, etc. S

F1 205 Punishment for murder. S

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F1 205A Recommendation as to minimum period of detention for person convicted of murder. S

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F1 206 Detention of children convicted on indictment. S

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F1 206A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 207 Detention of young offenders. S

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F1 208–211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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[F1 212A Supervised release orders. E+W+S

(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence and is sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than twelve months but less than four years, the court on passing sentence may, if it considers that it is necessary to do so to protect the public from serious harm from the offender on his release, make such order as is mentioned in subsection (2) below.

[F16 (1A) A court shall, before making an order under subsection (1) above, consider a report by a relevant officer of a local authority about the offender and his circumstances and, if the court thinks it necessary, hear that officer.]

(2) The order referred to in subsection (1) above (to be known as a “supervised release order”) is that the person, during a relevant period—

(a) be under the supervision either of a relevant officer of a local authority or of a probation officer appointed for or assigned to a petty sessions area (such local authority or the justices for such area to be designated under section 14(4) or 15(1) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993);

[F17 (b) comply with—

(i) such requirements as may be imposed by the court in the order;] and

(ii) such requirements as that officer may reasonably specify, [F18 ; and

(c) comply with the standard requirements imposed by virtue of subsection (3)(a)(i) below]

for the purpose of securing the good conduct of the person or preventing, or lessening the possibility of, his committing a further offence (whether or not an offence of the kind for which he was sentenced).

(3) A supervised release order—

[F19 (a) shall—

(i) without prejudice to subsection (2)(b) above, contain such requirements (in this section referred to as the “standard requirements”); and

(ii) be as nearly as possible in such form,

as may be prescribed by Act of Adjournal;]

(b) for the purposes of any appeal or review constitutes part of the sentence of the person in respect of whom the order is made; and

(c) shall have no effect during any period in which the person is subject to a licence under Part I of the said Act of 1993.

(4) Before making a supervised release order as respects a person the court shall explain to him, in as straightforward a way as is practicable, the effect of the order and the possible consequences for him of any breach of it.

(5) The clerk of the court by which a supervised release order is made in respect of a person shall—

(a) forthwith send a copy of the order to the person and to the Secretary of State; and

(b) within seven days after the date on which the order is made, send to the Secretary of State such documents and information relating to the case and to the person as are likely to be of assistance to a supervising officer.

(6) In this section—

• “relevant officer” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993;

• “relevant period” means such period as may be specified in the supervised release order, being a period—

  (a)

  not exceeding twelve months after the date of the person’s release; and

  (b)

  no part of which is later than the date by which the entire term of imprisonment specified in his sentence has elapsed; and

• “supervising officer” means, where an authority has or justices have been designated as is mentioned in subsection (2)(a) above for the purposes of the order, any relevant officer or, as the case may be, probation officer who is for the time being supervising for those purposes the person released.

F20 [(7) The foregoing provisions of this section apply to a person sentenced under section 207 or 415 of this Act as the provisions apply to a person sentenced to a period of imprisonment.]]

Textual Amendments

F16 S. 212A(1A) inserted (S.) (31.3.1996 subject to transitional provisions and savings in the commencing S.I.) by 1995 c. 20, s. 36; S.I. 1996/517, arts. 3(2), 4-6, Sch. 2

F17 S. 212A(2)(b)(i) substituted (S.) (3.2.1995) for s. 212A(b)(i) and the word “and” immediately preceding it by 1994 c. 33, s. 132(a)(i); S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(2)(3))

F18 S. 212A(2)(c) and the word “and” immediately preceding it added (S.) (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 132(a)(ii); S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(2)(3))

F19 S. 212A(3)(a) substituted (S.) (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 132(b); S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to transitional provisions in art. 2(2)(3))

F20 S. 212A(7) added (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 36, s. 69

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F1 214 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 215 Legal custody. S

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Miscellaneous provisions as to conviction, sentence, etc. S

F1 216 Art and part guilt of statutory offence. S

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F1 217 Form of sentence. S

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F1 217A Sentence following guilty plea. S

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F1 218 Consideration of time spent in custody. S

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F1 219 Deferred sentence. S

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F1 220 Capital sentence not competent under this Act. S

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F1 221 No penal servitude or hard labour. S

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F1 222 No fees exigible. S

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F1 223 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 223A Disqualification in Scotland where vehicle used to commit offence. S

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F1 224 Warrant of search for forfeited articles. S

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F1 225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 226 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 227A Correction of entries. S

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Procedure prior to hearing S

F1 228 Right of appeal. S

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F1 228A Appeal by Lord Advocate against sentence in solemn proceedings. S

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F1 229 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 230 Bill of suspension not competent. S

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F1 230A Leave to appeal. S

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F1 231 Intimation of intention to appeal. S

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F1 232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 233 Note of appeal. S

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F1 234 Presentation of appeal in writing. S

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F1 235 Applications may be made orally or in writing. S

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F1 236 Proceedings in sheriff court to be furnished. S

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F1 236A Judge’s report. S

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F1 236B Computation of periods. S

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F1 236C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 237 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 238 Admission of appellant to bail. S

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F1 239 Clerk to give notice of date of hearing. S

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F1 240 Appellant may be present at hearing. S

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F1 241 Notice to authorities, etc., of date of hearing. S

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F1 242 Notice to Prison Commissioners of attendance of appellant at hearing. S

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F1 242A Special provision where appellant is Lord Advocate. S

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F1 243 Warders to attend court. S

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F1 244 Abandonment of appeal. S

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F1 Procedure at hearing S

F1 245 Quorum and sitting of High Court. S

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F1 246 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 247 Powers which may be exercised by a single judge. S

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F1 248 Single judge may act wherever convenient. S

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F1 249 Interlocutory proceedings. S

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F1 250 Representation before single judge. S

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F1 251 Appeal against refusal of application. S

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F1 252 Powers of High Court. S

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F1 253 Evidence in court or on commission. S

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F1 254 Disposal of appeals. S

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F1 254A Sentencing guidelines. S

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F1 254B Convictions not to be quashed on certain grounds. S

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F1 255 Supplementary provisions where High Court authorises new prosecution. S

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F1 256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 257 Failure to appear at hearing. S

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F1 258 Appellant may be sentenced in absence. S

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F1 259 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 260 Notice of decision of court on application. S

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F1 261 Notice of determination of appeal. S

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F1 262 Finality of proceedings. S

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F1 Further provisions as to appeals S

F1 263 Prerogative of mercy. S

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F1 263A Lord Advocate’s reference. S

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F1 264 Disqualification, forfeiture, etc. S

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F1 265 Fines and caution. S

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F1 266 Expenses. S

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F1 267 No fees exigible. S

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F1 268 Reckoning of time spent pending appeal. S

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F1 269 Extract convictions. S

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F1 270 Custody of trial documents, etc. S

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F1 271 Clerk of Justiciary to furnish forms, etc. S

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F1 272 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

F1 273 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 274 Record of trial. S

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F1 275 Transcripts of record and documentary productions. S

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F1 276 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 277 Non-compliance with certain provisions may be waived. S

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F1 278 Forms of procedure may be varied. S

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F1 279 Interpretation of sections 228 to 278 of this Act. S

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F1 280 Appeals against hospital orders, etc. S

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F1 280A Prosecution appeal by bill of advocation. S

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Miscellaneous S

F1 281 High Court proceedings final. S

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F1 282 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

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F1 282A Right of audience of solicitor before the High Court. S

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F1 282B Further provision as to rights of audience. S

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