{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/schedule-2A/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/schedule-2A/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/45",
  "legislation_title": "Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/2A/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, property to which this Schedule applies may be retained for a period of twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which it was seized.\n(2) Where proceedings for an offence are instituted within the period specified in sub-paragraph (1) above against any person, the property may be retained for a period beginning on the day on which it was seized and ending on the day when—\n(a) the prosecutor certifies that the property is not, or is no longer, required as a production in criminal proceedings or for any purpose relating to such proceedings;\n(b) the accused in such proceedings—\n(i) is sentenced or otherwise dealt with for the offence; or\n(ii) is acquitted of the offence; or\n(c) the proceedings are expressly abandoned by the prosecutor or are desertedsimpliciter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 24(4), Sch. 1; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/schedule/2A/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:54.687186+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}