Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997
Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (1997 c. 48)
- Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (1997 c. 48)
- Part I Sentencing
- Automatic sentences
- 1 Imprisonment for life on further conviction for certain offences.
- 2 Minimum sentence for third conviction of certain offences relating to drug trafficking.
- 3 Meaning of “conviction”.
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- Restriction of liberty orders
- 5 Restriction of liberty orders.
- Mentally disordered offenders
- 6 Disposal in cases of mentally disordered offenders.
- 7 Effect of hospital direction.
- 8 Remand of persons suffering from mental disorder to private hospital.
- 9 Power to specify hospital unit.
- 10 Medical evidence in relation to mentally disordered offenders.
- 11 Increase in maximum period of interim hospital orders.
- 12 Sentence calculation where remand spent in hospital.
- Increases in sentencing powers and penalties
- 13 Increase in sentences available to sheriff and district courts.
- 14 Increase in maximum penalty for certain sexual offences.
- Powers of court to disqualify from driving
- 15 Driving disqualifications.
- Miscellaneous
- 16 Designated life prisoners.
- Part II Criminal Procedure
- Appeals
- 17 Right of appeal.
- 18 Automatic sentences: jurisdiction and appeals.
- 19 Appeal against automatic sentence where earlier conviction quashed.
- 20 Transfer of rights of appeal of deceased person.
- 21 Increased rights of appeal of prosecutor.
- 22 Appeal by prosecutor against hospital orders etc.
- 23 Appeals against orders under section 49 of the 1995 Act.
- 24 Suspension of certain sentences pending determination of appeal.
- The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
- 25 Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.
- Evidential provisions
- 26 Evidence concerning certain orders.
- 27 Proof of age.
- 28 Evidence from certain official documents.
- 29 Evidence of vulnerable persons: special provisions.
- 30 Routine evidence.
- 31 Previous convictions in solemn proceedings.
- 32 Supervision and care of persons diverted from prosecution or subject to supervision requirement.
- Part III Prisoners
- Chapter I Early release
- Chapter II Treatment of prisoners
- 42 Testing of prisoners for alcohol.
- 43 Medical services in prisons.
- 44 Unlawful disclosure of information.
- Part IV Police
- Police funding and organisation
- 45 Police grant.
- 46 Common police services.
- Collection and use of records
- 47 Record of evidence taken from external parts of body.
- 48 Samples etc. from persons convicted of sexual and violent offences.
- Part V Criminal Legal Assistance
- 49 Criminal legal assistance.
- Employment of solicitors
- 50 Employment of solicitors in relation to criminal legal assistance.
- Fixed payments for criminal legal assistance
- 51 Fixed payments.
- 52 Contracts for the provision of criminal legal assistance.
- Powers of investigation
- 53 Power of investigation of Scottish Legal Aid Board.
- 54 Regulations in relation to criminal legal assistance.
- Part VI Miscellaneous and General
- Miscellaneous
- 55 Liberation of child by police.
- 56 Powers of the court on remand or committal of children and young persons.
- 57 Precognitions.
- 58 Information concerning jurors.
- 59 Certification of previous convictions in criminal proceedings.
- 60 Grants for forensic medical services.
- 61 Confiscation of alcohol from persons under 18.
- General
- 62 Minor and consequential amendments, and repeals.
- 63 Financial provisions.
- 64 Interpretation.
- 65 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Minor and Consequential Amendments
- The Public Records Act 1958 (c.51)
- The Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c.77)
- The Firearms Act 1968 (c.27)
- The Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11)
- The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)
- The Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 (c.67)
- The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.55)
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.62)
- The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.36.)
- The Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (c.47)
- The Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.56)
- The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c.47)
- The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (c.45)
- The Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c.9)
- The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33)
- The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.20)
- The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36)
- The Criminal Law (Consolidation)(Scotland) Act 1995 (c.39)
- The Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40)
- The Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.43)
- The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46.)
- SCHEDULE 3 Repeals
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