Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975

289 Summary powers of sheriff

The sheriff shall, without prejudice to any other or wider powers conferred by statute, have power on convicting any person of a common law offence—

(a) to impose a fine not exceeding £150 ;

(b) to ordain the accused to find caution for good behaviour for any period not exceeding 12 months and to an amount not exceeding £150, such caution being either in lieu of or in addition to a fine or in addition to imprisonment as hereafter in this section mentioned ;

(c) failing payment of such fine, or on failure to find such caution, to award imprisonment in accordance with section 407 of this Act;

(d) to award imprisonment, for any period not exceeding three months.