{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995/schedule-6/paragraph-19",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/20",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After section 48 there shall be inserted the following sections—\n“ Common law and statutory offences in same indictment.\n48A It shall be competent to include in one indictment both common law and statutory charges.\nDescription of offence in words of statute or order.\n48B In an indictment the description of any offence in the words of the statute or order contravened, or in similar words, shall be sufficient.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/20/schedule/6/paragraph/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:09.867874+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."
}