Point in time view as at 01/08/1997.
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Paragraph 9 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
9(1)Where two or more crimes or acts of crime are charged cumulatively, it shall be lawful to convict of any one or more of them.S
(2)Any part of the charge in an indictment or complaint which itself constitutes an indictable offence or, as the case may be an offence punishable on complaint, shall be separable and it shall be lawful to convict the accused of that offence.
(3)Where any crime is charged as having been committed with a particular intent or with particular circumstances of aggravation, it shall be lawful to convict of the crime without such intent or aggravation.
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