Part VII Miscellaneous and General
Other miscellaneous provisions
73 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
1
The M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 shall be amended as follows.
2
In section 27 (breach of bail conditions: offences) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (4)—
4A
The fact that the subsequent offence was committed while the accused was on bail shall, unless challenged—
a
in the case of proceedings on indictment, by giving notice of a preliminary objection under paragraph (b) of section 72(1) of this Act or under that paragraph as applied by section 71(2) of this Act; or
b
in summary proceedings, by preliminary objection before his plea is recorded,
be held as admitted.
3
In subsection (1) of section 65 (prevention of delay in trials), for the words from “shall be discharged forthwith” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted—
a
shall be discharged forthwith from any indictment as respects the offence; and
b
shall not at any time be proceeded against on indictment as respects the offence
4
In Schedule 9 (certificates as to proof of certain routine matters), in the entry relating to the M2Social Security Administration Act 1992, for “Section 114(4)” in column 1 there shall be substituted “
Section 112(1)
”
.