Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016
2016 asp 1
Overview of the Act
Part 1 – Arrest and Custody
Chapter 2 – Custody: person not officially accused
Keeping person in custody
Section 10 – 12 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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