Part 2 Scotland
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Part 2 Scotland

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

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(1)     Section 11 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (certain offences committed outside Scotland) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsections (1) and (2), for “British citizen or British subject†substitute “relevant personâ€.

(3)     After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)     Any relevant person who in a country outside the United Kingdom does any act which—

(a)     constitutes an offence under the law in force in that country, and

(b)     if done in Scotland would constitute the crime of assault,

is guilty of the same crime and subject to the same punishment as if the act had been done in Scotland.

(2B)     For the purposes of subsection (2A)(a), an act punishable under the law in force in the country is an offence under that law however it is described in that law.

(2C)     The condition specified in subsection (2A)(a) is to be taken as satisfied unless, not later than such time as may be prescribed by Act of Adjournal, the accused serves on the prosecutor a notice—

(a)     stating that, on the facts as alleged with respect to the act in question, the condition is not in the accused's opinion satisfied,

(b)

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