# Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007, Section 32: Duty to bring detained person before sheriff

Extent: S

(1) Where—
(a) a person is detained under section 29 ...
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the detained person must be brought, on the next court day on which it is practicable to do so, before the sheriff sitting as a court of summary jurisdiction for the district in which the person was arrested.
(2) Nothing in this section prevents the detained person from being brought before the sheriff on a day other than a court day if—
(a) the sheriff is sitting on such a day for the disposal of criminal business ...
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/10/section/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007/section-32
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