Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010

62Additional charge where bail etc. breached

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(1)In section 27 of the 1995 Act (breach of bail conditions: offences), after subsection (8) insert—

(8A)At any time before the trial of an accused in summary proceedings for the original offence, it is competent to amend the complaint to include an additional charge of an offence under this section..

(2)In section 150 of that Act (failure of accused to appear), for subsection (10) substitute—

(10)At any time before the trial in the prosecution in which the failure to appear occurred, it is competent to amend the complaint to include an additional charge of an offence under subsection (8)..