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Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015

Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015

2015 asp 10

Structure and Summary of the Act

Part 1 – Air Weapons

Offences

Section 32 – Time limit for offences

115.This section provides that anyone committing a summary-only air weapon offence could have proceedings brought against them up to three years after that offence has been committed. Section 136 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 normally sets a time limit of six months after the offence has been committed. This only applies to summary-only offences, which is all of the offences in this Part except the ones at section 2 and section 24.

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