Act of Adjournal (Service of Documents on Accused Persons) 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1328
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Service of Documents on Accused Persons) 1987 and shall come into force on 17th August 1987.

(2) This Act of Adjournal shall be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.

Service of indictment and other documents on accused persons

Section 2 Citation and commencement

(1) This paragraph applies to the service of any document on an accused person under section 71 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975( ) (manner of service of indictment, etc. ).

(2) Service shall be effected by an officer of law by—

(a) delivering the document to the accused personally;

(b) leaving the document in the hands of a member of the family of the accused or other occupier or employee at the proper domicile of citation of the accused;

(c) affixing the document to the door of, or depositing it in, the proper domicile of citation of the accused; or

(d) where the officer of law serving the document has reasonable grounds for believing that an accused, for whom no proper domicile of citation has been specified, is residing at a particular place but is unavailable—

(i) leaving the document in the hands of a member of the family of the accused or other occupier or employee at that place; or

(ii) affixing the document to the door of, or depositing it in, that place.