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F1 Procedure prior to trialS

F1294 Power of constable to take offenders into custody.S

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F1295 Interim liberation by officer in charge of police station.S

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F1296 Police liberation or detention of children arrested.S

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F1297 Committal of children to custody in place of safety.S

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F1298 All offences to be bailable.S

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F1299 Application for review of court’s decision on bail and caution.S

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F1299A Application by prosecutor for review of court’s decision to grant bail.S

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F1300 Appeal in respect of bail.S

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F1303 Caution and bail.S

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F1304 Power to order parents to give security for child’s good behaviour.S

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F1305 Right of accused to have access to solicitor.S

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F1306 Separation of children from adults at courts, etc.S

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F1307 Attendance at court of parent of child charged with an offence, etc.S

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F1308 Notice to local authority of charge against a child.S

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F1309 Forms of procedure.S

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F1310 Incidental applications. S

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F1310A Abolition of private summary prosecutions.S

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F1311 Complaint.S

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F1312 Form of the charge in complaint.S

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F1314 Orders of court on complaint.S

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F1315 Citation. S

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F1316 Manner of citation.S

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F1317 Citation of probationer.S

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F1318 Citation of offender.S

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F1319 Citation by post.S

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F1320 Apprehension of witness. S

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F1321 Warrants of apprehension and search.S

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F1322 Warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients.S

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F1323 Warrant to search for or remove a child. S

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[F1324 Backing of certain warrants from the Isle of Man.S

(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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F1326 Service of complaints, etc.S

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F1237 Warrants granted by justice may be executed throughout Scotland.S

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F1327 Sheriff’s warrant may be executed out of district.S

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F1328 Adjournment for inquiry, etc.S

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F1329 Remand and committal of persons under 21.S

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F1330 Power of court to commit to hospital a person suffering from mental disorder.S

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F1331 Statutory offences time-limit. S

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F1331A Prevention of delay in trials.S

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F1331B Death, illness or absence of judge.S

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F1332 Power to recover penalties.S

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F1333 Offences by companies, etc.S

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F1333AAdjournment for inquiry at first calling.S

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F1333B Agreement of evidence.S

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