(1)Where a person is alleged to have committed in more than one sheriff court district a crime or crimes to which subsection (2) below applies, he may be [F1prosecuted in] the sheriff court [F2or JP court] of such one of those districts as the Lord Advocate determines.
(2)This subsection applies to—
(a)a crime committed partly in one sheriff court district and partly in another;
(b)crimes connected with each other but committed in different sheriff court districts;
(c)crimes committed in different sheriff court districts in succession which, if they had been committed in one such district, could have been tried [F3together] .
(3)Where, in pursuance of subsection (1) above, a case is tried in the sheriff court [F4or JP court] of any sheriff court district, the procurator fiscal of that district shall have power to prosecute in that case even if the crime was in whole or in part committed in a different district, and the procurator fiscal shall have the like powers in relation to such case, whether before, during or after the trial, as he has in relation to a case arising out of a crime or crimes committed wholly within his own district.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 10(1) substituted (10.3.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 10(a)(i); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.
F2Words in s. 10(1) inserted (10.3.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 10(a)(ii); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.
F3Word in s. 10(2)(c) substituted (10.3.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 10(b); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.
F4Words in s. 10(3) inserted (10.3.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 10(c); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.