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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/513",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996",
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  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.6",
  "heading": "Citation of witnesses",
  "text": "(1) The form of postal citation of a person to appear as a witness at a trial on a summary complaint shall be in Form 16.6-A; and the witness shall complete and return Form 16.6-B to the procurator fiscal, or the accused or his solicitor, as the case may be, in the pre-paid envelope provided within 14 days after the date of citation.\n(2) The form of personal citation of a witness at a trial on a summary complaint shall be in Form 16.6-C.\n(2A) The form of electronic citation of a person to appear as a witness at a trial on summary complaint shall be in Form 16.6-D; and the witness shall complete and return Form 16.6-B to the procurator fiscal, or the accused or his solicitor as the case may be, by electronic mail or by post within 14 days after the date of citation.\n(3) In the case of a postal citation in Form 16.6-A by the prosecutor under section 141 of the Act of 1995, the citation may be signed by the prosecutor by use of an official stamp of his signature or by mechanical or electronic means.",
  "extent": "S",
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 16.6(2A) inserted (10.12.2007) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 6) (Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007) 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/511), paras. 1(1), 5(1)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 16.6(3) inserted (9.9.1996) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 1996 (S.I. 1996/2147), paras. 1(1), 2(4)"
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      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 16.6 in force at 1.4.1996, see para. 1(1)"
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