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(1)Subject to subsections (7) to (9) of section 37 of this Act, where notwithstanding the certification mentioned in subsection (5) of that section the accused or the prosecutor is of the opinion that a transcript served under paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of that section contains an error or is incomplete he may—
(a)within 10 days of service under the said paragraph (a), serve notice of such opinion on the prosecutor or as the case may be the accused; and
(b)within 14 days of service under paragraph (a) of this subsection, apply to the sheriff for the error or incompleteness to be rectified,
and the sheriff shall within 7 days of the application hear the prosecutor and the accused in chambers and may authorise rectification.
(2)Where—
(a)the person on whom notice is served under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above agrees with the opinion to which that notice relates the sheriff may dispense with such hearing;
(b)the accused neither attends, nor secures that he is represented at, such hearing it shall, subject to paragraph (a) above, nevertheless proceed.
(3)In so far as it is reasonably practicable so to arrange, the sheriff who deals with any application made under subsection (1) above shall be the sheriff before whom the examination or further examination to which the application relates was conducted.
(4)Any decision of the sheriff, as regards rectification under subsection (1) above, shall be final.
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