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The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006
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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006 No. 2913
Power of court in trial for an offence to convict of another
62. If, upon a trial for an offence under article 31, 40 or 44, or any rule of law relating to reset, the court is satisfied that the accused is–
(a)not guilty of the offence charged; but
(b)guilty of another of those offences,
it may acquit the accused of the offence charged but find the accused guilty of the other offence and the accused shall then be liable to the punishment for that other offence.
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