{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995/schedule-6/paragraph-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995/schedule-6/paragraph-44.json",
  "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/44",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 127 (procedure where trial does not take place)—\n(a) in subsection (1), for the words “date of such trial diet” there shall be substituted “ last day of the sitting in which the trial diet was to be held ”;\n(b) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—\n“(1ZA) Without prejudice to subsection (1) above, where a trial diet has been deserted pro loco et tempore and the court has appointed a further trial diet to be held on a subsequent date at the same sitting the accused shall require to appear and answer the indictment at that further diet.”;\n(c) in subsection (2), the words “Schedule N to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887 or in” shall cease to have effect; and\n(d) after subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsection—\n“(5) The warrant issued under section 69 of this Act shall be sufficient warrant for the citation of the accused and witnesses to any further diet appointed under this section.”.",
  "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/44",
    "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."
}