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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-scotland-act-2004/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-scotland-act-2004/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/5",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Admissibility of prior statements of witnesses",
  "text": "In section 260 (admissibility of prior statements of witnesses) of the 1995 Act, after subsection (4) insert—\n“(5) A prior statement made by a witness shall not, in any proceedings on indictment, be inadmissible by reason only that it is not included in any list of productions lodged by the parties.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 23 in force at 4.10.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/405, art. 2(1), sch. 1 (with arts. 3-5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/5/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:37.864763+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."
}