Part I

Criminal Courts
Jurisdiction and Powers

Territorial jurisdiction: general

Crimes committed in different districts.
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1
Where a person is alleged to have committed in more than one sheriff court district a crime or crimes to which subsection (2) below applies, he may be prosecuted in the sheriff court or JP court of such one of those districts as the Lord Advocate determines.
2
This subsection applies to—
a
a crime committed partly in one sheriff court district and partly in another;
b
crimes connected with each other but committed in different sheriff court districts;
c
crimes committed in different sheriff court districts in succession which, if they had been committed in one such district, could have been tried together .
3
Where, in pursuance of subsection (1) above, a case is tried in the sheriff court or JP court of any sheriff court district, the procurator fiscal of that district shall have power to prosecute in that case even if the crime was in whole or in part committed in a different district, and the procurator fiscal shall have the like powers in relation to such case, whether before, during or after the trial, as he has in relation to a case arising out of a crime or crimes committed wholly within his own district.
Words in s. 10(1) substituted (10.3.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 10(a)(i); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.
Words in s. 10(1) inserted (10.3.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 10(a)(ii); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.
Word in s. 10(2)(c) substituted (10.3.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 10(b); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.
Words in s. 10(3) inserted (10.3.2008) by Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), ss. 80, 84, Sch. para. 10(c); S.S.I. 2008/42, art. 3, Sch.