LegalizeCriminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975
Part I — Solemn Procedure
Jurisdiction
Application of Part I of this Act
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Jurisdiction and powers of courts of solemn jurisdiction
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Jurisdiction of sheriff
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Boundaries of jurisdiction
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Procedure in case of crime in different districts
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Jurisdiction and procedure in respect of certain indictable offences committed abroad
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Theft outside Scotland
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Trial of certain crimes and offences in sheriff court
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Instructions by Lord Advocate as to reporting offences
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Intimation of proceedings in High Court to Lord Advocate
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Procedure after intimation Procedure Prior to Trial
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Procedure prior to Trial
Arrest, Judicial Examination, Custody, Bail, Etc
Petitions for warrants
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Warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients
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Warrant to search for or remove a child
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Sheriff's warrant may be executed out of district
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Backing of certain warrants from the Isle of Man
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- (1) A warrant issued in the Isle of Man for the arrest of a person charged with an offence may, after it has been endorsed by a justice in Scotland, be executed there by the person bringing that warrant, by any person to whom the warrant was originally directed or by any officer of law of the sheriff court district where the warrant has been endorsed as aforesaid in like manner as any such warrant issued in Scotland.
- (2) In this section “endorsed” means endorsed in the like manner as a process to which section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act 1881 applies.
Execution of Scottish warrants in England and vice versa
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Power of constable to take offenders into custody
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Prisoners before examination to have access to solicitor
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Accused at examination need not emit a declaration
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Examination of accused on charges arising in different districts
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Committal until liberation in due course of law
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Remand and committal of persons under 21
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Committal of children to custody in place of safety
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Power of court to commit to hospital a person suffering from mental disorder
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Bail competent before committal
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Renewal of application for bail after committal
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Admission or refusal of bail after committal
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Amount of bail
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Application for review of court's decision on bail and caution
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Appeal in respect of bail
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No fees exigible against accused in respect of application for bail
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Liberation of applicant when appeal by public prosecutor
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Power of court to refund bail
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Right of Lord Advocate and High Court to admit a person to bail
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Citation of persons liberated on bail at domiciles specified in bail bonds
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Power to order parent to give security for child's good behaviour
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Separation of children from adults at courts, etc.
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Attendance at court of parent of child charged with an offence, etc.
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Notice to local authority of charge against a child
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The Indictment
Indictment forms
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Procedure on resignation, death or removal of Lord Advocate
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Naming of accused
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Nomen juris unnecessary
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Case of two or more persons charged
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" Guilty, actor or art and part " unnecessary
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" All which or part " implied
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Qualifying words to be implied
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Quotation of statutes unnecessary
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Latitude as to time and place
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Latitude as to quantities, persons, things or modes
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Description of buildings, goods, money or other property
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Description of persons, goods, etc.
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" Money" to include coin, bank notes and post office orders
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Setting forth documents unnecessary
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Declarations, etc. not averred
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Indictments, etc., written or printed or partly so
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Authentication of alterations to indictment, etc.
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Reset
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Robbery, etc., to include reset, theft to include breach of trust, etc.
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Procedure where more than one crime charged
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Mode of charging certain offences committed against two or more children under 17
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Attempt at crime
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Statutory offences which are offences at common law
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Superfluous particulars as to identity
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Proof of exceptions, qualifications, etc.
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Offence committed in special capacity
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Notice of previous convictions
Notice of previous convictions
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Citation of Accused, Witnesses and Jurors
Warrants for citation
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Service of indictment and list of witnesses
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Manner of service of indictment, etc.
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Officers may cite jurors and witnesses, without witnesses and oath of officer sufficient evidence of citation
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Execution of citation of indictment
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Proceedings against bodies corporate
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Fixing the Diets
Two diets
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Notice for first diet
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Alteration of diet
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Lodging of List of Witnesses, Productions, Special Defence, Etc
Record copy indictment and list of witnesses
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Description of witnesses
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Objection to witnesses
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Examination by prosecutor of witnesses, etc., not included in lists lodged
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Written notice of special defence and examination of witnesses and productions not included in lists lodged
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Accused entitled to see productions
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Proof as to productions
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Preparation of Jury List, etc.
Forty-five jurors to be returned for trials
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Jurors for High Court at Edinburgh
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Jurors for High Court when on circuit
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Area from which jury summoned to circuit court
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When the High Court shall exercise its power of holding a court in any town which may be most convenient for the trial of any crime in or near the locality in which such crime has been committed, and where such town is not one of the towns in which the High Court usually sits, the jury summoned to try such case shall be summoned from the general jury roll of the sheriff court district in which such town is situated.
Jurors in inferior courts
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Order in which names of jurors are to be taken
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Names of jurors dying or becoming disqualified to be passed over in making returns of jurors
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Jurors as returned to serve on trials
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Names of jurors to be inserted in one roll
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One list of assize sufficient for all trials at the same diet in High Court
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No irregularity in lists, etc., to be an objection to jurors
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Notice of jury list
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Sufficient jurors only to be summoned
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Jurors to be cited by registered letter or recorded delivery
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Fining of jurors for non-attendance
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No exemptions by sex or marriage from liability to serve as juror
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Delay in trial
Prevention of delay in trials
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Accelerated Trial
Procedure where accused desires to plead guilty
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First Diet
Sheriff court case
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Remit to High Court for sentence
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High Court case
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Power to convict on plea of guilty to offence other than that charged in indictment
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If a person charged on indictment with any crime or offence tenders a plea of guilty of any other crime or offence of which he could competently, by virtue of any enactment, be found guilty on the trial of such indictment, and if the plea is accepted by the prosecutor it shall be competent to convict such person of the crime or offence to which he has so pled guilty and to sentence him accordingly.
Solicitor of place of second diet may defend at both diets
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In all cases a solicitor who is entitled to conduct proceedings in the courts of the district of the second diet shall be entitled to appear at the first diet and to conduct the defence, although he may not be entitled to conduct other law business in the locality of the first diet.
Certain objections competent only at first diet
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Interlocutor of relevancy unnecessary
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Where sentence delayed, original warrant of commitment stands
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Postponement on old warrant where diet deserted
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Sittings of High Court
Sittings of Court of Justiciary
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Judges in High Court
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Power to High Court to determine circuits, etc.
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Sitting dispensed with
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Adjournment of second diet
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When the accused who is cited to the High Court for the second diet has pleaded guilty at the first diet, it shall be lawful for any Lord Commissioner of Justiciary in chambers, and without the presence of the prosecutor or person accused, to adjourn the second diet to any other sitting of the High Court.
Sitting transferred where few cases
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- (1) Where so many of the persons who have been indicted for any sitting of the High Court have pleaded guilty at the first diet as to make the holding of a separate court for the cases remaining unnecessary, it shall be lawful for any Lord Commissioner of Justiciary, on the petition of the Lord Advocate, and in chambers and without the presence of the prosecutor or the accused, to order the second diets of such cases to be postponed and to be held at any other sitting of the High Court which is about to be held.
- (2) Upon such order for postponement being issued, a notice shall forthwith be served upon the accused, who may have already been cited, in the form set out in Schedule 0 to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887 or in an Act of Adjournal under this Act or as nearly as may be in such form.
Trial on adjacent circuit
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Where any crime is committed in a circuit district in which no sitting of the High Court falls to be held in ordinary course for some months thereafter, it shall be competent to cite the accused to appear before any earlier sitting of the High Court in an adjacent circuit district.
Place of certain trials
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Where, because of the distance of any burgh or town from the town in which the High Court usually sits, or for any other cause, it shall be deemed expedient that trials of persons accused of crimes committed in such burgh or town, or in places adjacent thereto, should be tried there instead of being tried at the town in which the court usually sits, it shall be lawful for the High Court at Edinburgh, on the application of the Lord Advocate, to give all such directions in that behalf as the said court shall think fit; and the sheriff of the sheriff court district within which such burgh or town is situated shall give obedience to all directions so given.
Notification after first diet of intention to plead guilty
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Procedure at Trial
Second diet-Transcript of procedure at first diet
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Review at second diet in High Court
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- (1) Where a person accused is cited to the High Court for the second diet, that court shall have power to review the proceedings at the first diet and the following provisions of this section shall apply.
- (2) Where the accused has pleaded guilty to the whole or any part of the charge at the first diet, the High Court may at such second diet, if it shall be shown that such plea was taken—
- (a) to an incompetent or irrelevant charge, or
- (b) under substantial error or misconception, or
- (c) under circumstances which tended to prejudice the accused,
allow such plea to be withdrawn or modified.
- (3) Where such plea is so withdrawn or modified, the court shall on the motion of the prosecutor desert the diet pro loco et tempore, or postpone the trial to a later date, which shall be notified to the accused in open court.
- (4) Where such postponement makes it necessary that the jury for the trial of the case shall be taken from a different list from that of which notice was given to the accused, such list shall be prepared, signed, and kept in the office of the appropriate sheriff clerk within three clear days of such postponement in the manner provided in section 96 of this Act.
Amendment of indictment
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On plea of guilty, jury to be dispensed with and sentence pronounced
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On plea of not guilty, jury to be balloted and sworn
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On plea of not guilty, the indictment need not be read over
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Procedure where trial does not take place
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Provision for death or illness of judge
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Jury to be chosen by ballot in open court
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Challenges and objections to jurors
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Juror without citation not to be objected to
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Jurors chosen for one trial may continue to serve
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Jurors may be excused
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Provision for death or illness of jurors
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Clerk to state charge, and swear jury
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Trial to be continuous
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Seclusion of jury
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Witnesses not to be excluded by reason of conviction, interest, etc.
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Witnesses admissible notwithstanding relationship to parties
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Presence in court not to disqualify witnesses in certain cases 141. Accused and spouse competent witnesses for defence
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Evidence of accused
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Spouse as witness in certain cases
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Notice of spouse as witness
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Trial in open court
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Sheriff's notes of evidence
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Witness may be examined, etc., as to having previously made a different statement
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Examination of witness
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Witness may be recalled
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Admissions and agreements as to evidence
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Declarations to be received in evidence without being sworn to by witnesses
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Defence to speak last
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Seclusion of jury, etc., after retiral
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Oral verdicts to be returned by juries
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Verdicts may be returned by juries without retiring
155
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Interruption of trial for verdict in earlier trial
156
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Interruption of trial for plea or sentence in another cause
157
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No proceeding under section 156 or 157 of this Act to be deemed an irregularity
158
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Previous convictions
159
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Laying of previous convictions before jury
160
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Laying of previous convictions before judge
161
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Extract convictions to be received and manner of proof
162
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Extract conviction to be issued by clerk having record copy of indictment
163
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Proof of previous convictions by fingerprints
164
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Procedure at trial involving children
Child under 14 not to be in court during trial of another person
165
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Power to clear court while child is giving evidence in certain cases
166
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Power to proceed with case in absence of person under 17
167
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Power of court, in respect of certain offences against a child, to refer child to reporter
168
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Power to prohibit publication of certain matter
169
- (1) No newspaper report of any proceedings in a court shall reveal the name, address or school, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the identification, of any person under the age of 16 years concerned in the proceedings, either—
- (a) as being a person against or in respect of whom the proceedings are taken; or
- (b) as being a witness therein;
nor shall any picture which is, or includes, a picture of a person under the age of 16 years so concerned in the proceedings be published in any newspaper in a context relevant to the proceedings:
- (2) This section shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to sound and television programmes included in a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990) as it applies in relation to newspapers.
- (3) A person who publishes matter in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
- (4) In this section, references to a court shall not include a court in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
Age of criminal responsibility
170
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Presumption and determination of age of child
171
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Welfare of child
172
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Reference and remit of children's cases by courts to children's hearings
173
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Procedure at trial of persons suffering from mental disorder
Insanity in bar of trial or as the ground of acquittal
174
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Power of court to order hospital admission or guardianship
175
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Requirements as to medical evidence
176
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Supplementary provisions as to hospital orders
177
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Power of court to restrict discharge from hospital
178
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Conviction and Sentence
Adjournment and remand
Power of court to adjourn a case before sentence
179
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Remand for inquiry into physical or mental condition
180
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Admonition and discharge
Admonition
181
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Absolute discharge
182
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Probation
Probation
183
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Probation orders requiring treatment for mental condition
184
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Discharge and amendment of probation orders
185
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Failure to comply with requirement of probation order
186
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Commission of further offence
187
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Probation orders relating to persons residing in England
188
- (1) Where the court by which a probation order is made under section 183 of this Act (not being a probation order including a requirement which, while corresponding to a requirement mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 1A to the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, would if included in a probation order made under that Act fail to accord with a restriction as to days of presentation, participation or attendance mentioned in paragraph 2(4)(a) or (6)(a), or as the case may be 3(3)(a), of that Schedule ) is satisfied that the offender has attained the age of 16years and resides or will reside in England, subsection (2) of the said section shall not apply to the order, but the order shall contain a requirement that he be under the supervision of a probation officer appointed for or assigned to the petty sessions area in which the offender resides or will reside; . . . that area shall be named in the order ; and where the order includes a requirement that the probationer perform unpaid work for a number of hours, the number specified shall not exceed one hundred..
- (2) Where a probation order has been made under section 183 of this Act and the court in Scotland by which the order was made or the appropriate court is satisfied
- (a) that the probationer has attained the age of 16 years;
- (b) that he proposes to reside, or is residing, in England; and
- (c) that suitable arrangements for his supervision can be made by the probation committee for the area which contains the petty sessions area in which he resides or will reside
, the power of that court to amend the order under Schedule 5 to this Act shall include power to insert the provisions required by subsection (1) of this section or to vary any requirement for performance of unpaid work so that such hours as remain to be worked do not exceed one hundred; and the court may so amend the order without summoning the probationer and without his consent.
- (3) A probation order made or amended by virtue of this section may, notwithstanding section 184(8) of this Act, include a requirement that the probationer shall submit to treatment for his mental condition and—
- (a) subsections (1), (3) and (7) of the said section 184 and paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 1A to the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (all of which regulate the making of probation orders which include any such requirement) shall apply to the making of an order which includes any such requirement by virtue of this subsection as they apply to the making of an order which includes any such requirement by virtue of section 184 of this Act and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1A to the said Act of 1973 respectively; and
- (b) sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1A to the said Act of 1973 (functions of supervising officer and medical practitioner where such a requirement has been imposed) shall apply in relation to a probationer who is undergoing treatment in England in pursuance of a requirement imposed by virtue of this subsection as they apply in relation to a probationer undergoing such treatment in pursuance of a requirement imposed by virtue of that section.
- (4) Sections 185(1) and 186(1) of this Act shall not apply to any order made or amended under this section; but subject as hereinafter provided the provisions of
- (a) except in the case mentioned in paragraph (b) below, as if that order were a probation order made under section 2 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973; and
- (b) in the case of an order which contains a requirement such as is mentioned in subsection (5A) of section 183 or 384 of this Act, as if it were a combination order made under section 11 of the said Act of 1991:
- (5) If it appears on information to a justice acting for the petty sessions area named in a probation order made or amended under this section that the person to whom the order relates has been convicted by a court in any part of Great Britain of an offence committed during the period specified in the order, he may issue a summons requiring that person to appear, at the place and time specified therein, before the court in Scotland by which the probation order was made or, if the information is in writing and on oath, may issue a warrant for his arrest, directing that person to be brought before the last-mentioned court.
- (6) If a warrant for the arrest of a probationer issued under section 187 of this Act by a court is executed in England, and the probationer cannot forthwith be brought before that court, the warrant shall have effect as if it directed him to be brought before a magistrates’ court for the place where he is arrested; and the magistrates’ court shall commit him to custody or release him on bail (with or without sureties) until he can be brought or appear before the court in Scotland.
- (7) The court by which a probation order is made or amended in accordance with the provisions of this section shall send three copies of the order to the clerk to the justices for the petty sessions area named therein, together with such documents and information relating to the case as it considers likely to be of assistance to the court acting for that petty sessions area.
- (8) Where a probation order which is amended under subsection (2) of this section is an order to which the provisions of this Act apply by virtue of section 10 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (which relates to probation orders under that Act relating to persons residing in Scotland) then, notwithstanding anything in that section or this section, the order shall, as from the date of the amendment, have effect in all respects as if it were an order made under section 2 of that Act in the case of a person residing in England.
Further provisions as to probation orders
189
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Supplementary provisions as to probation
190
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Effects of probation and absolute discharge
191
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Probation reports
192
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Penalties for statutory offences
Power to mitigate penalties
193
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Fines
Time for payment
194
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Payment by instalments
195
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Fines, etc., may be enforced in other district
196
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Imprisonment in default of payment of fine
197
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Substitution of custody for imprisonment where a child defaults on fine
198
Where a child would, if he were an adult, be liable to be imprisoned in default of payment of any fine, damages, or expenses, the court may, if it considers that none of the other methods by which the case may legally be dealt with is suitable, order that the child be detained for such period, not exceeding one month, as may be specified in the order in a place chosen by the local authority in whose area the court is situated.
Period of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
199
The maximum period of imprisonment that may be imposed in default of the payment of a fine imposed on conviction shall be as follows:—
| Amount of Fine | Period of Imprisonment |
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| Not exceeding £20 | Three months. |
| Exceeding £20 but not exceeding £100 | Four months. |
| Exceeding £100 but not exceeding £500 | Six months. |
| Exceeding £500 | Twelve months. |
Discharge from imprisonment to be specified
200
All warrants of imprisonment for payment of a fine, or for finding of caution, shall specify a period at the expiry of which the person sentenced shall be discharged, notwithstanding such fine shall not have been paid, or caution found.
Payment of fine in part by prisoner
201
- (1) Where a person committed to prison or otherwise detained for failure to pay a fine imposed by a court of solemn jurisdiction pays to the governor of the prison, under conditions prescribed by rules made under the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952, any sum in part satisfaction of the fine, the term of imprisonment shall be reduced by a number of days bearing as nearly as possible the same proportion to the total number of days for which the prisoner is sentenced as the sum so paid bears to the total amount of the fine.
- (2) In this section references to a prison and to the governor thereof shall include respectively references to any other place in which a person may be lawfully detained in default of payment of a fine, and to an officer in charge thereof.
Remission of fine where young offender detained
202
Where, in the case of an offender detained in a Borstal institution, detention centre or any place under an order made by virtue of section 206 or 413 of this Act, or under supervision following release therefrom, who has not made payment of a fine imposed before his being so detained, it appears to the Secretary of State that remission of the fine might assist the rehabilitation of the offender, he may, after consultation where practicable with the judge by whom or the presiding chairman of the court by which sentence was passed, remit that fine in whole or in part.
Fines payable to H.M. Exchequer
203
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Borstal training
Borstal training
204
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Imprisonment, etc.
Life imprisonment for murder
205
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Punishment of person under 18
206
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Restriction on imprisonment of person under 17
207
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Restriction on detention of person under 21
208–211
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Detention in detention centre
209
- (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, in any case where a person who is not less than 16 but under 21 years of age is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment, and the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that a detention centre is available for the reception from that court of persons of his class or description, it may pass on him a sentence of detention in that centre for a fixed term of three months.
- (2) A court shall not pass a sentence under this section in the case of a person who has served or is serving a sentence involving his detention for two months or more in a prison or in a young offenders institution or a sentence of Borstal training, or in the case of a person who has served a sentence of detention in a detention centre, unless the court is of the opinion that, having regard to special considerations arising out of the circumstances of the case and the character of the offender, this method of dealing with him is the most appropriate.
- (3) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that a person detained in a detention centre is unfit for such detention by reason of his health, without prejudice to any other powers he may have in the matter, he may, after consultation where practicable with the judge by whom or the presiding chairman of the court by which the sentence was passed, release that person ; and he shall then be required to be under supervision in accordance with section 11(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963.
Term of detention in a detention centre
210
- (1) The term for which a person may be detained in a detention centre shall not exceed three months at a time; and accordingly no court may pronounce an order the effect of which would be that a person would be liable to be detained for more than that period.
- (2) Where a court has before it a person convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment who is serving a sentence of detention in a detention centre or who has been sentenced to and has not yet started to serve such a sentence as aforesaid, it may pass either of the following sentences (subject to the requirements of any enactment relating to those sentences)—
- (a) a sentence of detention in a young offenders institution, or, if the person is of or over 21 years of age, a sentence of imprisonment, for a period not exceeding the aggregate of the unexpired portion of the sentence of detention in a detention centre and the maximum period of detention in a young offenders institution or of imprisonment, as the case may be, which the court may impose for the offence of which it has convicted the person; or
- (b) a sentence of Borstal training;
and in that event the sentence of detention in a detention centre shall cease to have effect.
Recall to Borstal on re-conviction
211
- (1) Where a person sentenced to Borstal training, being under supervision after his release from a Borstal institution, is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment, the court may, instead of dealing with him in any other manner, make an order for his recall.
- (2) An order for the recall of a person made as aforesaid shall have the like effect as an order for recall made by the Secretary of State under section 33(4) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952.
Recall to young offenders institution on re-conviction
212
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Revocation of licence by court
213
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Return to prison in case of breach of supervision
214
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Legal custody
215
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Miscellaneous provisions as to conviction, sentence, etc.
Art and part guilt of statutory offence
216
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Form of sentence
217
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Consideration of time spent in custody
218
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Deferred sentence
219
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Capital sentence not competent under this Act
220
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No penal servitude or hard labour
221
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No fees exigible
222
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Forfeiture of property
223
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Warrant of search for forfeited articles
224
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Interlocutors to be signed by clerk
225
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Record copies to be inserted in books of adjournal of High Court
226
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Indictment to be inserted in record book in sheriff court
227
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Appeal
Procedure prior to hearing
Right of appeal
228
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Certificate by judge that case appealable
229
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Bill of suspension not competent
230
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Time for appealing
231
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Calculating days of appeal, etc.
232
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Forms for appeal
233
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Presentation of appeal in writing
234
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Applications may be made orally or in writing
235
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Proceedings in sheriff court to be furnished
236
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Judge's notes and report to be furnished
237
- (1) Where a person convicted appeals or applies for leave to appeal under this Part of this Act against the conviction or sentence, the judge who presided at the trial shall furnish to the Clerk of Justiciary in the manner provided in this section, his notes of the proceedings before him, and a report giving his opinion on the case or on any point arising therein.
- (2) The Clerk of Justiciary when he has received such a note as is referred to in section 233(1) of this Act or when the Secretary of State shall exercise his powers under section 263(1) of this Act, shall request the judge who presided at the trial to furnish him with a copy of his notes of the proceedings at the trial, certified by him, and the judge shall comply with such request. The High Court or any judge thereof, if they or he sees fit, may order the said notes to be printed or typed for the use of the court and the parties.
- (3) When the Clerk of Justiciary has received such a note as is referred to in section 233(1) of this Act or when the Secretary of State shall exercise his powers under section 263(1) of this Act, he shall request the judge who presided at the trial to furnish him with a report in writing, giving his opinion upon the case generally, or upon any point arising upon the case of the appellant or applicant, and the judge shall comply with such request. When making a request for such report the Clerk of Justiciary shall send to the judge a copy of the note he has received or any other document or information which he shall consider material or which the High Court at any time shall direct him to send or with which such judge may request to be furnished, to enable such judge to deal in his report with the appellant's or applicant's case generally or with any point arising thereon.
- (4) The report of the judge shall be made to the High Court, and, except by leave of the High Court or a judge thereof, the Clerk of Justiciary shall not furnish to any person any part thereof.
Admission of appellant to bail
238
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Notice to appellant of date of hearing
239
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Appellant may be present at hearing
240
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Notice to authorities, etc., of date of hearing
241
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Notice to Prison Commissioners of attendance of appellant at hearing
242
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Warders to attend court
243
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Abandonment of appeal
244
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Procedure at hearing
Quorum and sitting of High Court
245
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Sittings to be arranged by Lord Justice General
246
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Powers which may be exercised by a single judge
247
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Single judge may act wherever convenient
248
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Interlocutory proceedings
249
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Representation before single judge
250
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Appeal against refusal of application
251
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Supplemental powers of High Court
252
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Evidence in court or on commission
253
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Determination of appeals
254
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Substitution of verdict
255
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Frivolous appeals
256
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Failure to appear at hearing
257
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Appellant may be sentenced in absence
258
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Continuation of hearing
259
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Notice of decision of court on application
260
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Notice of determination of appeal
261
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Finality of proceedings
262
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Further provisions as to appeals
Prerogative of mercy
263
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Disqualification, forfeiture, etc.
264
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Fines and caution
265
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Expenses
266
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No fees exigible
267
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Reckoning of time spent pending appeal
268
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Extract convictions
269
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Custody of trial documents, etc.
270
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Clerk of Justiciary to furnish forms, etc.
271
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Note to be kept of appeal
272
Register of appeals
273
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Shorthand notes of trial
274
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Certification of shorthand notes, etc.
275
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Declaration administered to shorthand writer
276
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Non-compliance with certain provisions may be waived
277
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Forms of procedure may be varied
278
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Interpretation of sections 228 to 278 of this Act
279
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Appeals against hospital orders, etc.
280
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Miscellaneous
High Court proceedings final
281
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Acts of Adjournal
282
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Part II — Summary Procedure
Jurisdiction
Application of Part II of this Act
283
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Jurisdiction of inferior courts
284
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Certain crimes not to be tried in inferior courts
285
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Remit to higher court or other jurisdiction
286
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Boundaries of jurisdiction
287
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Jurisdiction of sheriff
288
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Summary powers of sheriff
289
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When six months' imprisonment competent
290
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Trial of certain offences
291
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Theft outside Scotland
292
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Instructions by Lord Advocate as to reporting offences
293
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Procedure prior to trial
Power of constable to take offenders into custody
294
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Chief constable may in certain cases accept bail
295
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Police liberation or detention of children arrested
296
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Committal of children to custody in place of safety
297
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All offences to be bailable
298
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Application for review of court's decision on bail and caution
299
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Appeal in respect of bail
300
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Power of court to refund bail
301
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Citation of persons liberated on bail at domiciles specified in bail bonds
302
All bail bonds whatsoever received in order to obtain the liberation of accused persons from custody shall specify the domicile at which such persons may thereafter be cited for trial before any criminal court.
Caution and bail
303
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Power to order parent to give security for child's good behaviour
304
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Intimation to solicitor
305
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Separation of children from adults at courts, etc.
306
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Attendance at court of parent of child charged with an offence, etc.
307
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Notice to local authority of charge against a child
308
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Forms of procedure
309
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Incidental applications
310
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Complaint
311
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Form of the charge in complaint
312
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Mode of charging certain offences committed against two or more children under 17
313
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Orders of court on complaint
314
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Citation
315
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Manner of citation
316
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Citation of probationer
317
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Citation of offender
318
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Citation by post
319
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Apprehension of witness
320
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Warrants of apprehension and search
321
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Warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients
322
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Warrant to search for or remove a child
323
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Backing of certain warrants from the Isle of Man
324
- (1) A warrant issued in the Isle of Man for the arrest of a person charged with an offence may, after it has been endorsed by a justice in Scotland, be executed there by the person bringing that warrant, by any person to whom the warrant was originally directed or by any officer of law of the sheriff court district where the warrant has been endorsed as aforesaid in like manner as any such warrant issued in Scotland.
- (2) In this section “endorsed” means endorsed in the like manner as a process to which section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act 1881 applies.
Execution of Scottish warrants in England and vice versa
325
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Service of complaints, etc.
326
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Sheriff's warrant may be executed out of district
327
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Adjournment for inquiry, etc.
328
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Remand and committal of persons under 21
329
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Power of court to commit to hospital a person suffering from mental disorder
330
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Statutory offences time-limit
331
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Power to recover penalties
332
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Offences by companies, etc.
333
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Trial Procedure
Procedure at first diet, etc.
334
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Amendment of complaint
335
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Plea of guilty
336
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Plea of not guilty
337
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Failure of accused to appear
338
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Alibi
339
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Examination of witness
340
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Witnesses not to be excluded by reason of conviction, interest, etc.
341
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Witnesses admissible notwithstanding relationship to parties
342
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Presence in court not to disqualify witnesses in certain cases
343
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Punishment of witness for contempt
344
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Administration of oath to same witness in cases at same diet
345
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Accused and spouse competent witness for defence
346
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Evidence of accused
347
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Spouse as witness in certain cases
348
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Witness may be examined, etc., as to having previously made a different statement
349
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Witness may be recalled
350
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Defence to speak last
351
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Declaration of accused
352
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Proof of official documents
353
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Admissions by parties
354
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Judges equally divided
355
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Previous convictions
356
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Laying of previous convictions before court
357
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Proof of previous convictions by fingerprints
358
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Record
359
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Proceedings written or printed
360
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Procedure at trial involving children
Child under 14 not to be in court during trial of another person
361
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Power to clear court while child is giving evidence in certain cases
362
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Power to proceed with case in absence of person under 17
363
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Power of court, in respect of certain offences against a child, to refer child to reporter
364
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Power to prohibit publication of certain matter
365
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Procedure when sheriff sits summarily in respect of offence by child
366
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Powers of sheriff sitting summarily
367
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Presumption and determination of age of child
368
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Age of criminal responsibility
369
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Child charged jointly with person who is not a child
370
When a child has been charged with an offence jointly with a person who is not a child the provisions of sections 366 and 367 of this Act shall not apply to summary proceedings before the sheriff in respect of the charges.
Welfare of child
371
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Reference and remit of children's cases by courts to children's hearings
372
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Reference and remit of cases of certain young persons by courts to children's hearings
373
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Restrictions on report of proceedings involving child
374
- (1) No newspaper report of any proceedings in a court shall reveal the name, address or school, or include any particulars calculated to lead to the identification, of any person under the age of 16 years concerned in the proceedings, either—
- (a) as being a person against or in respect of whom the proceedings are taken; or
- (b) as being a witness therein;
nor shall any picture which is, or includes, a picture of a person under the age of 16 years so concerned in the proceedings be published in any newspaper in a context relevant to the proceedings:
- (2) This section shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to sound and television programmes included in a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990) as it applies in relation to newspapers.
- (3) A person who publishes matter in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
- (4) In this section, references to a court shall not include a court in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
Procedure at Trial of Persons suffering from Mental Disorder
Insanity in bar of trial
375
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Power of court to order hospital admission or guardianship
376
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Requirements as to medical evidence
377
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Supplementary provisions as to hospital orders
378
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Power of court to restrict discharge from hospital
379
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Conviction and Sentence
Adjournment and remand
Power of court to adjourn case before sentence
380
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Remand for inquiry into physical or mental condition
381
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Admonition and discharge
Admonition
382
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Absolute discharge
383
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Probation
Probation
384
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Probation orders requiring treatment for mental condition
385
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Discharge and amendment of probation orders
386
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Failure to comply with requirement of probation order
387
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Commission of further offence
388
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Probation orders relating to persons residing in England
389
- (1) Where the court by which a probation order is made under section 384 of this Act (not being a probation order including a requirement which, while corresponding to a requirement mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 1A to the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, would if included in a probation order made under that Act fail to accord with a restriction as to days of presentation, participation or attendance mentioned in paragraph 2(4)(a) or (6)(a), or as the case may be 3(3)(a), of that Schedule) is satisfied that the offender has attained the age of 16 years and resides or will reside in England, subsection (2) of the said section shall not apply to the order, but the order shall contain a requirement that he be under the supervision of a probation officer appointed for or assigned to the petty sessions area in which the offender resides or will reside; . that area shall be named in the order ; and where the order includes a requirement that the probationer perform unpaid work for a number of hours, the number specified shall not exceed one hundred..
- (2) Where a probation order has been made under section 384 of this Act and the court in Scotland by which the order was made or the appropriate court is satisfied
- (a) that the probationer has attained the age of 16 years;
- (b) that he proposes to reside, or is residing, in England; and
- (c) that suitable arrangements for his supervision can be made by the probation committee for the area which contains the petty sessions area in which he resides or will reside
, the power of that court to amend the order under Schedule 5 to this Act shall include power to insert the provisions required by subsection (1) of this section or to vary any requirement for performance of unpaid work so that such hours as remain to be worked do not exceed one hundred; and the court may so amend the order without summoning the probationer and without his consent.
- (3) A probation order made or amended by virtue of this section may, notwithstanding section 385(8) of this Act, include a requirement that the probationer shall submit to treatment for his mental condition, and—
- (a) subsections (1), (3) and (7) of the said section 385 and paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 1A to the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (all of which regulate the making of probation orders which include any such requirement) shall apply to the making of an order which includes any such requirement by virtue of this subsection as they apply to the making of an order which includes any such requirement by virtue of section 385 of this Act and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1A to the said Act of 1973 respectively; and
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