# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 2


A provision contained in any of sections 18(2), 19, 21, 22, 27, 30 and 39 of this Act, and any such related amendment or repeal, shall not apply in relation to a trial which has commenced before the coming into force of that provision; and, for the purposes of this paragraph, a trial shall be taken to commence—
(a) in the case of solemn proceedings, when the oath is administered to the jury;
(b) in the case of summary proceedings, when the first witness is sworn.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/62/schedule/6/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1980/schedule-6/paragraph-2
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