PART I The Course of Justice

Miscellaneous

60 Jurisdiction of district court in relation to statutory offences.

For subsection (1) of section 7 of the M1Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (jurisdiction of district courts in relation to statutory offences) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

1

Except in so far as any enactment (including this Act and an enactment passed after this Act) otherwise provides, it shall be competent for a district court to try any statutory offence which is triable summarily.

1A

Without prejudice to any other or wider power conferred by any enactment, it shall not be competent for a district court, as respects any statutory offence—

a

to impose a sentence of imprisonment for a period exceeding 60 days;

b

to impose a fine of an amount exceeding level 4 on the standard scale; or

c

to ordain an accused person to find caution for any period exceeding six months or to an amount exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.