Act of Adjournal (Extension of Time Limit for Service of Transcript of Examination) 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/2635
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Extension of Time Limit for Service of Transcript of Examination) 1998 and shall come into force on 1st December 1998.

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

Section 2 Amendment of section 37(9) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

At the end of section 37(9) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (which, as regards the judicial examination of an accused in petition procedure, empowers the High Court, in respect of the case, to extend the time limit within which the prosecutor is to serve copies of the transcript of questions to and answers and declarations by the accused etc. ) there shall be added–

; and an application to the High Court for any such extension shall be disposed of by the High Court or any Lord Commissioner of Justiciary in court or in chambers.