{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-288BB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-288BB.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/288BB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "288BB",
  "heading": "Mixed charges for sexual offences",
  "text": "(1) An indictment or a complaint may include a charge that is framed as mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) (or both).\n(2) That is, framed so as to comprise (in a combined form) the specification of more than one sexual offence.\n(3) That is, framed so as to—\n(a) specify, in addition to a sexual offence, any other act or omission, and\n(b) do so in any manner except by way of reference to a statutory offence.\n(4) Where a charge in an indictment or a complaint is framed as mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) (or both), the charge is to be regarded as being a single yet cumulative charge.\n(5) The references in this section to a sexual offence are to an offence under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 288BA-288BC inserted (1.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 63, 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/357, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/288BB",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:46.035735+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."
}