Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975

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

[F1 (1)] Any sentence or decree for any fine or expenses pronounced by any sheriff court may be enforced against the person or effects of any party against whom any such sentence or decree shall have been awarded in any other sheriff court district, as well as in the district where such sentence or decree is pronounced:

Provided that such sentence or decree, or an extract thereof, shall be first produced to and indorsed by the sheriff of such other district competent to have pronounced such sentence or decree in such other district.

[F2 (2) A fine imposed by the High Court shall be remitted for enforcement to, and shall be enforceable as if it had been imposed by—

(a) where the person upon whom the fine was imposed resides in Scotland, the sheriff for the district where that person resides;

(b) where that person resides outwith Scotland, the sheriff before whom he was brought for examination in relation to the offence for which the fine was imposed.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word inserted by virtue of Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), s. 48, Sch. 6 para. 3

F2 S. 196(2) inserted by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), s. 48, Sch. 6 para. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 196 applied by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 41, SIF 39:1), ss. 7(1), 16(3), 47(4)(a)

C2 S. 196 extended (31.3.1996 subject to transitional provisions and savings in the commencing S.I.) by 1996 c. 20, ss. 70(2), 80(1), 113(1); S.I. 1996/517, arts. 3(2), 4-6, Sch. 2