Section 161 Return of productions

(1)

All productions lodged in connection with proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary shall be returned by the Clerk of Justiciary to the party on whose behalf they were lodged at the following times or as soon thereafter as may be convenient—

(a)

in any case in which a verdict of acquittal is returned, at the conclusion of the proceedings;

(b)

in any case in which no appeal is taken, after the lapse of 14 days from the conclusion of the proceedings; and

(c)

in any other case, upon the determination of any matters which may have been referred to the Court under the provisions of section 228^f1.

(2)

Without prejudice to rule 160(4), the Lord Justice General or the Lord Justice Clerk or the presiding judge at the trial may by order direct that any production or other document relating to any case indicted in the High Court of Justiciary remain in the custody of the Clerk of Justiciary.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 228 was substituted by the 1980 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 1.