Section 2 Citation and commencement

(1)

This paragraph applies to the service of any document on an accused person under section 71 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975(^f1) (manner of service of indictment, etc.).

(2)

Service shall be effected by an officer of law by—

(a)

delivering the document to the accused personally;

(b)

leaving the document in the hands of a member of the family of the accused or other occupier or employee at the proper domicile of citation of the accused;

(c)

affixing the document to the door of, or depositing it in, the proper domicile of citation of the accused; or

(d)

where the officer of law serving the document has reasonable grounds for believing that an accused, for whom no proper domicile of citation has been specified, is residing at a particular place but is unavailable—

(i)

leaving the document in the hands of a member of the family of the accused or other occupier or employee at that place; or

(ii)

affixing the document to the door of, or depositing it in, that place.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 71 was amended by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, Schedule 7, paragraph 27.