Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Interpretation

3. 2. Indictment forms

4. 3. Procedure on resignation, death, or removal of Lord Advocate

5. 4. INDICTMENTS. Naming of accused

6. 5. Nomen juris unnecessary

7. 6. Case of two or more persons charged

8. 7. Guilty, actor or art and part, unnecessary

9. 8. Qualifying words to be implied

10. 9. Quotation of statutes unnecessary

11. 10. Latitude as to time and place

12. 11. Latitude as to quantities, persons, things, or modes

13. 12. Description of buildings, goods, money, or other property

14. 13. Description of persons, goods, &c

15. 14. "Money" to include coin, bank notes, and post office orders

16. 15. Setting forth documents unnecessary

17. 16. Petitions for warrants

18. 17. Prisoners before examination to have access to law agent

19. 18. Bail competent before committal

20. 19. Declarations, convictions, &c, not averred

21. 20. "All which or part" implied

22. 21. Indictments, &c. written or printed or partly so

23. 22. Procedure in case of crime in different counties

24. 23. Warrants for citation

25. 24. Service

26. 25. Two diets

27. 26. Notice for first diet

28. 27. Record copy indictment and list of witnesses

29. 28. FIRST DIET—Sheriff Court case

30. 29. High Court case

31. 30. Procurator of place of second diet may defend at both diets

32. 31. Procedure where accused desires to plead guilty

33. 32. Interlocutor of relevancy unnecessary

34. 33. Certain objections only competent at first diet

35. 34. Where sentence delayed original warrant of commitment stands

36. 35. Description of witnesses

37. 36. Written notice of special defence

38. 37. Accused entitled to see productions

39. 38. Notice of jury list

40. 39. Sufficient jurors only to be summoned

41. 40. SECOND DIET—Transcript of proceedings at first diet

42. 41. Review at second diet in High Court

43. 42. Procedure where trial does not take place

44. 43. Prevention of delay in trials

45. 44. High Court of Justiciary

46. 45. Salaries of judges of High Court

47. 46. Sittings of High Court

48. 47. Area from which jury summoned

49. 48. Sitting dispensed with

50. 49. Adjournment of second diets

51. 50. Sitting transferred where few cases

52. 51. Trials in adjacent county

53. 52. Postponement on old warrant where diet deserted

54. 53. Objections to witnesses

55. 54. Clerk to state charge, and swear jury

56. 55. Seclusion of jury

57. 56. Capital cases

58. 57. Form of sentence

59. 58. Reset

60. 59. Robbery, &c. to include reset and theft to include breach of trust, &c

61. 60. Procedure where more than one crime charged

62. 61. Attempt at crime

63. 62. Statutory offences which are offences at common law

64. 63. Previous convictions of dishonesty

65. 64. Previous convictions of violence

66. 65. Previous convictions of lewd conduct, &c

67. 66. Extract convictions to be received unless impugned

68. 67. Proving and recording previous convictions

69. 68. Superfluous particulars as to identity

70. 69. Declarations

71. 70. Variance between indictment and evidence

72. 71. Certain sections to apply to summary complaints

73. 72. High Court proceedings final

74. 73. Circuit clerks of Justiciary

75. 74. Repeal

76. 75. Act not to apply to treason

77. 76. Power to High Court to pass Acts of Adjournal

78. 77. Commencement of Act

79. 78. Short title

80. SCHEDULES.

    1. SCHEDULE A

       EXAMPLES OF INDICTMENTS.

    2. SCHEDULE B

       WARRANT FOR CITATION OF PERSONS ACCUSED, WITNESSES, AND JURORS.

    3. SCHEDULE C

       EXECUTION OF CITATION.

    4. SCHEDULE D

    5. SCHEDULE E

    6. SCHEDULE F

    7. SCHEDULE G

    8. SCHEDULE H

    9. SCHEDULE I

    10. SCHEDULE K

    11. SCHEDULE L

    12. SCHEDULE M

    13. SCHEDULE N

    14. SCHEDULE O

    15. SCHEDULE P