Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954

44 Transfer of jurisdiction as to person fined

(1) Where a court of summary jurisdiction has imposed a fine on a person convicted of an offence and it appears to the court that he is resident in a place outside the jurisdiction of the court and within the jurisdiction of some other court of summary jurisdiction, the first-mentioned court may, if it appears in the circumstances expedient to do so, make with respect to such fine an order for the purposes of this section (hereinafter referred to as a " transfer of fine order ").

(2) A transfer of fine order shall specify the court within whose jurisdiction the accused is resident, and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by Act of Adjournal.

(3) A transfer of fine order shall not be made except on the application of the person on whom the fine was imposed, and any such application may be made either in open court by that person or by a solicitor or a person, not being a solicitor, who satisfies the court that he is authorised by the accused so to do, or in writing addressed to the clerk of the court.

(4) As from the date on which a transfer of fine order is made with respect to any fine, all functions in relation thereto which, if the order had not been made, would have been exercisable under any enactment (including this Act) by the court which imposed the fine or by the clerk of such court shall be exercisable by the court specified in the order or by the clerk thereof, as the case may be, and not otherwise:

Provided that any payment received by virtue of a transfer of fine order by the clerk of the court specified therein shall be forthwith transmitted by him to the clerk of the court which imposed the fine.

(5) Where it appears to the court specified in a transfer of fine order that the person on whom the fine was imposed is resident in a place outside the jurisdiction of such court and within the jurisdiction of some other court of summary jurisdiction, the court so specified may make a further transfer of fine order with respect to such fine and shall cause a copy thereof to be sent to the clerk of the court which imposed the fine.

(6) The court to be specified in a transfer of fine order shall, in any case where the fine was imposed by the sheriff court, be a sheriff court.