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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010/section-117",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/13",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/117",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Provision of information to prosecutor: solemn cases",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where in a prosecution—\n(a) an accused appears for the first time on petition, or\n(b) an accused appears for the first time on indictment (not having appeared on petition in relation to the same matter).\n(2) As soon as practicable after the appearance, the investigating agency must provide the prosecutor with details of all the information that may be relevant to the case for or against the accused that the agency is aware of that was obtained (whether by the agency or otherwise) in the course of investigating the matter to which the appearance relates.\n(3) As soon as practicable after being required to do so by the prosecutor, the investigating agency must provide the prosecutor with any of that information that the prosecutor specifies in the requirement.\n(4) In this section, “investigating agency” means—\n(a) the Police Service of Scotland, or\n(b) such other person who—\n(i) engages (to any extent) in the investigation of crime or sudden deaths, and\n(ii) submits reports relating to those investigations to the procurator fiscal,\nas the Scottish Ministers may prescribe by regulations.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 117(4)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 42(2); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 117 in force at 6.6.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/178 , art. 2 , Sch. (with Sch. )"
    }
  ],
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      "type": "word repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/14",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025"
    },
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      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/14",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/14",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/14",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/14",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/13/section/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:22.831430+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."
}