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Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
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45 Security for child’s good behaviour.S
(1)Where a child has been charged with an offence the court may order his parent or guardian to give security for his co-operation in securing the child’s good behaviour.
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, an order under this section shall not be made unless the parent or guardian has been given the opportunity of being heard.
(3)Where a parent or guardian has been required to attend and fails to do so, the court may make an order under this section.
(4)Any sum ordered to be paid by a parent or guardian on the forfeiture of any security given under this section may be recovered from him by civil diligence or imprisonment in like manner as if the order had been made on the conviction of the parent or guardian of the offence with which the child was charged.
(5)In this section “parent” means either of the child’s parents, if that parent has parental responsibilities or parental rights (within the meaning of sections 1(3) and 2(4) respectively of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) in relation to him.
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