{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/45",
  "legislation_title": "Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Powers of arrest and apprehension.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The owner, tenant or occupier of any property in, upon, or in respect of, which an offence to which this section applies is being committed or any person authorised by him may apprehend any person whom the owner or, as the case may be, the tenant, occupier or authorised person finds committing that offence and detain the apprehended person until the arrival of a constable.\nIn this subsection “property” means heritable or moveable property.\n(4) This section applies to offences under sections 50, 57 and 58 of this Act.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 59(1)(2) repealed (25.1.2018) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), s. 117(2), sch. 2 para. 7(a); S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 59(3) substituted (25.1.2018) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), s. 117(2), sch. 2 para. 7(b); S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 59(5) repealed (25.1.2018) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 1), s. 117(2), sch. 2 para. 7(a); S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/section/59",
    "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."
}