Part IIU.K. Summary Procedure

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. II (ss. 282–457) extended with modifications by Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53, SIF 107:1), s. 60(5)

JurisdictionS

290 When six months’ imprisonment competent.S

Where a person is convicted by the sheriff of—

(a)a second or subsequent offence inferring dishonest appropriation of property, or attempt thereat, or

(b)a second or subsequent offence inferring personal violence,

he may, without prejudice to any wider powers conferred by statute, be sentenced to imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months.