# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995, Paragraph 27

Extent: S

In section 72 (citation of jurors and witnesses)—
(a) the existing provision shall become subsection (1);
(b) in that subsection, after the word “shall” in the second place where it occurs there shall be inserted “ , subject to subsection (2) below, ”; and
(c) after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2) A court shall not issue a warrant to apprehend a witness who fails to appear at a diet to which he has been duly cited unless the court is satisfied that the witness received the citation or that its contents came to his knowledge.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/20/schedule/6/paragraph/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995/schedule-6/paragraph-27
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