Point in time view as at 01/08/1997.
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Paragraph 1 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.
1(1)For the purposes of any criminal proceedings a copy of, or of a material part of, a document, purporting to be authenticated in such manner and by such person as may be prescribed, shall unless the court otherwise directs, be—S
(a)deemed a true copy; and
(b)treated for evidential purposes as if it were the document, or the material part, itself,
whether or not the document is still in existence.
(2)For the purposes of this paragraph it is immaterial how many removes there are between a copy and the original.
(3)In this paragraph “copy” includes a transcript or reproduction.
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