Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975

327Sheriff's warrant may be executed out of district

(1)Any warrant granted by a sheriff against—

(a)a person charged with having committed a crime or offence within the jurisdiction of that sheriff; or

(b)a person as being in meditatione fugae,

shall be sufficient for the apprehension of that person within any other sheriff court district, and for conveying and disposing of him in terms of the warrant, without the necessity of its being backed or endorsed by any other justice.

(2)Such warrant may be executed throughout Scotland in like manner as it may be executed within the jurisdiction of the sheriff who granted the warrant.