32Duty to bring detained person before sheriffS
(1)Where—
(a)a person is detained under section 29 F1...
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the detained person must be brought, on the next court day on which it is practicable to do so, before the sheriff sitting as a court of summary jurisdiction for the district in which the person was arrested.
(2)Nothing in this section prevents the detained person from being brought before the sheriff on a day other than a court day if—
(a)the sheriff is sitting on such a day for the disposal of criminal business F2...
F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 32(1)(b) and word omitted (25.1.2018) by virtue of The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Modification of Part 1 and Ancillary Provision) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/453), reg. 1, sch. para. 6(6)(a)
F2S. 32(2)(b) and word omitted (25.1.2018) by virtue of The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Modification of Part 1 and Ancillary Provision) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/453), reg. 1, sch. para. 6(6)(b)
Commencement Information
I1S. 32 in force at 29.10.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/314, art. 2