{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/7",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Competence of justice’s actings outwith jurisdiction",
  "text": "After section 9 of the 1995 Act there is inserted—\n“Competence of justice’s actings outwith jurisdiction\n9A It is competent for a justice, even if not present within his jurisdiction, to sign any warrant, judgment, interlocutor or other document relating to proceedings within that jurisdiction provided that when he does so he is present within Scotland.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2007/6",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:51.376466+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."
}