# Act of Adjournal (Consolidation) 1988, Section 54: Transmission


(1) On the High Court or the sheriff pronouncing a deliverance under rule 52(2), or in a case where a translation requires to be lodged, on the lodging of the translation, the Clerk of Justiciary or the sheriff clerk, as the case may be, shall send the letter of request and relative documents to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for onward transmission to the body to whom the letter of request is addressed.
(2) On sending the letter of request and relative documents to the Secretary of State, the Clerk of Justiciary or the sheriff clerk, as the case may be, shall note the documents sent, to whom they were sent, and the date on which they were sent, on the application or on the record copy indictment.
(3) On the relative documents being returned to him, the Clerk of Justiciary or the sheriff clerk, as the case may be, shall—
(a) note the documents returned, by whom they were returned and the date on which they were returned, on the application or on the record copy indictment; and
(b) intimate those facts to all parties concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/110/section/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-consolidation-1988/section-54
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