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Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

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12 Instructions by Lord Advocate as to reporting of offences.S

The Lord Advocate may, from time to time, issue instructions to a chief constable with regard to the reporting, for consideration of the question of prosecution, of offences alleged to have been committed within the area of such chief constable, and it shall be the duty of a chief constable to whom any such instruction is issued to secure compliance therewith.

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