Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997

55 Liberation of child by police.S

(1)Section 43 of the 1995 Act (arrangements where child arrested) shall be amended in accordance with this section.

(2)In subsection (1), for the words from “shall”, in the second place where it occurs, to the end there shall be substituted the words— may liberate him—

(a)on a written undertaking being entered into by him or his parent or guardian that he will attend at a court and at a time specified in the undertaking; or

(b)unconditionally..

(3)In subsection (6)—

(a)for the words from “is” to “diet” there shall be substituted the words “ fails to appear at the court and at the time specified in the undertaking entered into by him or on his behalf under subsection (1) above ”; and

(b)after the word “conviction” there shall be inserted the words “ of any charge made against him at the time he was liberated under that subsection ”.