SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Times when Proceedings are Active for Purposes of Section 2
Criminal proceedings
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The initial steps of criminal proceedings are :—
a
arrest without warrant;
b
the issue, or in Scotland the grant, of a warrant for arrest;
c
the issue of a summons to appear, or in Scotland the grant of a warrant to cite ;
d
the service of an indictment or other document specifying the charge;
e
except in Scotland, oral charge.