Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975

• Citation: 1975 c. 21
• Sections: 626

Section 1 Application of Part I of this Act.

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Section 2 Jurisdiction and powers of courts of solemn jurisdiction.

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Section 3 Jurisdiction of sheriff.

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Section 4 Boundaries of jurisdiction.

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Section 5 Procedure in case of crime in different districts.

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Section 6 Jurisdiction and procedure in respect of certain indictable offences committed abroad.

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Section 7 Theft outside Scotland.

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Section 8 Trial of certain crimes and offences in sheriff court.

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Section 9 Instructions by Lord Advocate as to reporting offences.

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Section 10 Intimation of proceedings in High Court to Lord Advocate.

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Section 11 Procedure after intimation.

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Section 12 Petitions for Warrants.

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Section 13 Warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients.

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Section 14 Warrant to search for or remove a child.

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Section 14 7 Witness may be examined, etc., as to having previously made a different statement.

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Section 15 Warrants granted by justice may be executed throughout Scotland.

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Section 15A Warrants for search and apprehension to be signed by judge.

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Section 16 Backing of certain warrants from the Isle of Man.

(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.

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Section 18 Power of constable to take offenders into custody.

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Section 19 Prisoners before examination to have access to solicitor.

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Section 20 Accused at examination need not emit a declaration.

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Section 20A Accused at examination may be questioned by prosecutor.

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Section 20B Record to be made of proceedings at examination.

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Section 21 Examination of accused on charges arising in different districts.

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Section 22 Committal until liberation in due course of law.

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Section 23 Remand and committal of persons under 21.

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Section 24 Committal of children to custody in place of safety.

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Section 25 Power of court to commit to hospital a person suffering from mental disorder.

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Section 26 Bail competent before committal.

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Section 27 Renewal of application for bail after committal.

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Section 28 Admission or refusal of bail after committal.

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Section 28A No bail for persons charged with or convicted of homicide or rape after previous conviction of such offences.

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Section 30 Application for review of court’s decision on bail and caution.

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Section 30A Application by prosecutor for review of court’s decision to grant bail.

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Section 31 Appeal in respect of bail.

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Section 32 No fees exigible against accused in respect of application for bail.

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Section 33 Liberation of applicant when appeal by public prosecutor.

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Section 35 Right of Lord Advocate and High Court to admit a person to bail.

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Section 37 Power to order parent to give security for child’s good behaviour.

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Section 38 Separation of children from adults at courts, etc.

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Section 39 Attendance at court of parent of child charged with an offence, etc.

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Section 40 Notice to local authority of charge against a child.

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Section 41 Indictment forms.

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Section 42 Resignation, death or demission of office of Lord Advocate.

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Section 43 Naming of accused.

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Section 44 Nomen juris unnecessary.

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