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167 Forms of finding and sentence.S

(1)Every sentence imposed by a court of summary jurisdiction shall unless otherwise provided be pronounced in open court in the presence of the accused, but need not be written out or signed in his presence.

(2)The finding and sentence and any order of a court of summary jurisdiction, as regards both offences at common law and offences under any enactment, shall be entered in the record of the proceedings in the form, as nearly as may be, prescribed by Act of Adjournal.

(3)The record of the proceedings shall be sufficient warrant for all execution on a finding, sentence or order and for the clerk of court to issue extracts containing such executive clauses as may be necessary for implement thereof.

(4)When imprisonment forms part of any sentence or other judgement, warrant for the apprehension and interim detention of the accused pending his being committed to prison shall, where necessary, be implied.

(5)Where a fine imposed by a court of summary jurisdiction is paid at the bar it shall not be necessary for the court to refer to the period of imprisonment applicable to the non-payment thereof.

(6)Where several charges at common law or under any enactment are embraced in one complaint, a cumulo penalty may be imposed in respect of all or any of such charges of which the accused is convicted.

(7)[F1Subject to section 204A of this Act,] a court of summary jurisdiction may frame—

(a)a sentence following on conviction; or

(b)an order for committal in default of payment of any sum of money or for contempt of court,

so as to take effect on the expiry of any previous sentence [F2for a term] or order which, at the date of the later conviction or order, the accused is undergoing.

[F3(7A)Where the court imposes a sentence as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) above for an offence committed after the coming into force of this subsection, the court may—

(a)if the person is serving or is liable to serve the punishment part of a previous sentence, frame the sentence to take effect on the day after that part of that sentence is or would be due to expire; or

(b)if the person is serving or is liable to serve the punishment parts of two or more previous sentences, frame the sentence to take effect on the day after the later or (as the case may be) latest expiring of those parts is or would be due to expire.

(7B)Where it falls to the court to sentence a person who is subject to a previous sentence in respect of which a punishment part requires to be (but has not been) specified, the court shall not sentence the person until such time as the part is either specified or no longer requires to be specified.

(7C)In subsections (7A) and (7B) above, any reference to a punishment part of a sentence shall be construed by reference to—

(a)the punishment part of the sentence as is specified in an order mentioned in section 2(2) of the 1993 Act; or

(b)any part of the sentence which has effect, by virtue of section 10 of the 1993 Act or the schedule to the Convention Rights (Compliance)(Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 7), as if it were the punishment part so specified,

and “ the 1993 Act ” means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 9). ]

(8)It shall be competent at any time before imprisonment has followed on a sentence for the court to alter or modify it; but no higher sentence than that originally pronounced shall be competent, and—

(a)the signature of the judge or clerk of court to any sentence shall be sufficient also to authenticate the findings on which such sentence proceeds; and

(b)the power conferred by this subsection to alter or modify a sentence may be exercised without requiring the attendance of the accused.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 167(7) inserted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37 , s. 119 , Sch. 8 para. 122 ; S.I. 1998/2327 , art. 2(1)(y)(2)(kk) (subject to arts. 5-8 )

F2 Words in s. 167(7)(b) inserted (1.12.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7) , ss. 26(2)(a) , 89 ; S.S.I. 2003/475 , art. 2 , Sch.

F3 S. 167(7A)-(7C) inserted (1.12.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7) , ss. 26(2)(b) , 89 ; S.S.I. 2003/475 , art. 2 , Sch.

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