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Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 201 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 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.

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201 Power of court to adjourn case before sentence.S
(1)Where an accused has been convicted or the court has found that he committed the offence and before he has been sentenced or otherwise dealt with, subject to subsection (3) below, the court may adjourn the case for the purpose of enabling inquiries to be made or of determining the most suitable method of dealing with his case.
(2)Where the court adjourns a case solely for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1) above, it shall remand the accused in custody or on bail or ordain him to appear at the adjourned diet.
(3)[Subject to section 21(9) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7),] a court shall not adjourn the hearing of a case as mentioned in subsection (1) above for any single period [exceeding four weeks or, on cause shown, eight weeks.]
(4)An accused who is remanded under this section may appeal [to the [appropriate Appeal Court]] against the refusal of bail or against the conditions imposed within 24 hours of his remand, by note of appeal . . . , and the [appropriate Appeal Court], either in court or in chambers, may . . . —
(a)review the order appealed against and either grant bail on such conditions as it thinks fit or ordain the accused to appear at the adjourned diet; or
(b)confirm the order.
[(5)A note of appeal under subsection (4) above is to be—
(a)lodged with the clerk of the court from which the appeal is to be taken; and
(b)sent without delay by that clerk (where not the [clerk of the appropriate Appeal Court]) to the [clerk of the appropriate Appeal Court].]
[(6)In this section—
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