Version Superseded: 04/10/2004
Point in time view as at 01/04/1996. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 181 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)Without prejudice to any other power of relief which the High Court may have, where it appears to that court on application made in accordance with subsection (2) below, that the applicant has failed to comply with any of the requirements of—
(a)subsection (1) of section 176 of this Act; or
(b)subsection (1) or (9) of section 179 of this Act,
the High Court may direct that such further period of time as it may think proper be afforded to the applicant to comply with any requirement of the aforesaid provisions.
(2)Any application for a direction under subsection (1) above shall be made in writing to the Clerk of Justiciary and shall state the ground for the application, and, in the case of an application for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, notification of the application shall be made by the appellant or his solicitor to the clerk of the court from which the appeal is to be taken, and the clerk shall thereupon transmit the complaint, documentary productions and any other proceedings in the cause to the Clerk of Justiciary.
(3)The High Court shall dispose of any application under subsection (1) above in like manner as an application to review the decision of an inferior court on a grant of bail, but shall have power—
(a)to dispense with a hearing; and
(b)to make such enquiry in relation to the application as the court may think fit,
and when the High Court has disposed of the application the Clerk of Justiciary shall inform the clerk of the inferior court of the result.
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