Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980

56 Penalties for drunkenness

(1) In section 70 of the [1903 c. 25.] Licensing (Scotland) Act 1903 (penalties for drunkenness, etc.)—

(a) in the first paragraph of subsection (1) for the words from " and may be taken " to the end of that paragraph there shall be substituted the words " and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 ";

(b) in the second paragraph of that subsection for the words from " forty " to the end of that paragraph there shall be substituted the words " £50 ";

(c) after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(1A) A constable may arrest without warrant any person who he has reasonable grounds for suspecting is committing an offence under subsection (1) above.”; and

(d) in subsection (2) for the words from " forty " to the end of the first sentence there shall be substituted the words " £50 ".

(2) Section 382 of the [1892 c. 25.] Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 shall cease to have effect.