# Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, Section 79: Separation of jury after retiral


It shall no longer be mandatory for the period during which a jury, after retiring to consider their verdict, are enclosed to be continuous; and accordingly, in section 99 of the 1995 Act (seclusion of jury to consider verdict)—
(a) in subsection (1), for the word “after” there is substituted “ while ”;
(b) in subsection (2), for the words “until the jury” there is substituted “ while the jury are enclosed and until they ”;
(c) in subsection (4)(b), after the word “and” there is inserted “ , unless under subsection (7) below the court permits them to separate, ”; and
(d) at the end there is added—
“(7) The court may, if it thinks fit, permit the jury to separate even after they have retired to consider their verdict.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/section-79
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