# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 7

Extent: S

After section 77, there shall be inserted the following section—
“ Application for postponement of trial diet.
77A (1) At any time before the trial diet, a party may apply to the court before which the trial is to take place for postponement of the trial diet.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, after hearing all the parties, the court may discharge the trial diet and either fix a new trial diet or give leave to the, prosecutor to serve a notice fixing a new trial diet.
(3) Where all the parties join in an application to postpone the trial diet, the court may proceed under subsection (2) above without hearing the parties.
(4) Where there is a hearing under this section the accused (or all the accused as the case may be) shall attend it :
Provided that if the court so permits the hearing may proceed notwithstanding his (or their) absence.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/62/schedule/4/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1980/schedule-4/paragraph-7
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