{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995/schedule-6/paragraph-54",
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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/54",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In each of sections 148 and 340 (examination of witnesses)—\n(a) the existing provision shall become subsection (1); and\n(b) after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—\n“(2) The judge may, on the motion of either party, on cause shown order that the examination of a witness for that party (“the first witness”) shall be interrupted to permit the examination of another witness for that party.\n(3) Where the judge makes an order under subsection (2) above he shall, after the examination of the other witness, permit the recall of the first witness.”.",
  "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/54",
    "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."
}