10 Application to Scotland.

This Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications:—

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sections 1, 2 and 4 shall apply as if for references to the police authority for the police area comprising a locality and to the chief officer of police of such an area there were substituted respectively references to the islands or district council for the area comprising a locality and to the proper officer of such a council;

b

in paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section two for references to section three of the M1Vagrancy Act 1824 there shall be substituted references to sections four hundred and eight or four hundred and ten of the M2Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 or to the corresponding provisions of any local Act;

c

in subsection (1) of section three of the word “England,” there shall be substituted the word “Scotland”;

d

any offence against this Act for which the maximum penalty that may be imposed does not exceed ten pounds may be prosecuted in any court of summary jurisdiction within the meaning of the M3Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1908, having jurisdiction in the place where the offence was committed;

e

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