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Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995

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3 No bail in homicide or rape proceedings after previous conviction of such offences.S

After section 28 of the M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (in this Act referred to as “the 1975 Act”) there shall be inserted the following section—

28A No bail for persons charged with or convicted of homicide or rape after previous conviction of such offences.

(1)Notwithstanding sections 26 to 33 and 238 of this Act, a person who in any proceedings has been charged with or convicted of—

(a)attempted murder;

(b)culpable homicide;

(c)rape; or

(d)attempted rape,

in circumstances where this section applies shall not be granted bail in those proceedings.

(2)This section applies where—

(a)the person has previously been convicted by or before a court in any part of the United Kingdom of any offence specified in subsection (1) above or of murder or manslaughter; and

(b)in the case of a previous conviction of culpable homicide or of manslaughter—

(i)he was sentenced to imprisonment or, if he was then a child or young person, to detention under any of the relevant enactments;

(ii)a hospital order was imposed in respect of him;

(iii)an order having the same effect as a hospital order was made in respect of him under section 174ZC(2)(a) of this Act; or

(iv)an order having equivalent effect to an order referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) or (iii) above has been made in respect of him by a court in England and Wales.

(3)This section applies whether or not an appeal is pending against conviction or sentence or both.

(4)In this section—

  • conviction” includes—

(a)a finding that a person is not guilty by reason of insanity;

(b)a finding under section 174ZA(2) of this Act;

(c)a finding under section 4A(3) of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (cases of unfitness to plead) that a person did the act or made the omission charged against him; and

(d)a conviction of an offence for which an order is made placing the offender on probation or discharging him absolutely or conditionally;

and “convicted” shall be construed accordingly; and

  • the relevant enactments” means—

(a)as respects Scotland, sections 205 and 206 of this Act;

(b)as respects England and Wales, section 53(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933; and

(c)as respects Northern Ireland, section 73(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968..

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