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Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

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    Overview of the Act

    Part 1 – Arrest and Custody

    Chapter 2 – Custody: person not officially accused
    Keeping person in custody
    Section 1012 hour limit: previous period

    37.Where a person is held in custody on more than one occasion for the same or a related offence, section 10 provides that the 12 hour maximum period of custody (set out in section 9) is reduced by any earlier period during which the person was held in custody for that offence.

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