Section 34 Petition for warrant.
A petition for warrant to arrest and commit a person suspected of or charged with crime may be in the forms—
set out in Schedule 2 to this Act; or
prescribed by Act of Adjournal,
or as nearly as may be in such form; and Schedule 3 to this Act shall apply to any such petition as it applies to the indictment.
If on the application of the procurator fiscal, a sheriff is satisfied that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence has been or is being committed by a body corporate, the sheriff shall have the like power to grant warrant for the citation of witnesses and the production of documents and articles as he would have if a petition charging an individual with the commission of the offence were presented to him.
Annotations
Modifications
- C1
S. 34(2) applied (26.12.2023) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 198(1)(2), 219(3)(c)
- C2
S. 34(2) applied (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 1.9.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 203(1)(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2025/349, reg. 3
- C3
S. 34(2) applied (7.4.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 145(3)(b)(ii), 159(3) (with s. 147, Sch. 11); S.I. 2026/323, reg. 4(1)(45)
- C4
S. 34(2) applied (7.4.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 146(4)(b)(ii), 159(3) (with s. 147, Sch. 11); S.I. 2026/323, reg. 4(1)(46)
- C5
S. 34(2) applied (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 250(5), 255(3)(k)