PART 1 PRISONERS AND PAROLE
2 Amendment of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
1
In section 205 (punishment for murder) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46) (in this Act, “the 1995 Act”)—
a
in subsection (1), after “subsections (2) and (3)” there is inserted “
and section 205D
”
; and
b
subsections (4) to (6) are repealed.
2
After section 205 of the 1995 Act there is inserted—
205D Only one sentence of imprisonment for life to be imposed in any proceedings
Where a person is convicted on the same indictment of more than one offence for which the court must impose or would, apart from this section, have imposed a sentence of imprisonment for life, only one such sentence shall be imposed in respect of those offences.