{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-99A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-99A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/99A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "99A",
  "heading": "Verdict of guilty or not guilty and majority for guilty verdict",
  "text": "(1) In respect of each charge, the jury must deliver a verdict of either—\n(a) guilty, or\n(b) not guilty.\n(2) The jury may return a verdict of guilty only if a majority of the jurors are in favour of that verdict.\n(3) Otherwise, the jury must return a verdict of not guilty.\n(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), a majority of jurors are in favour of a verdict if—\n(a) in the case of a jury consisting of 14 or 15 jurors, at least 10 of the jurors are so in favour,\n(b) in the case of a jury consisting of 13 jurors, at least 9 jurors are so in favour,\n(c) in the case of a jury consisting of 12 jurors, at least 8 jurors are so in favour.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 99A inserted (1.1.2026) by Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 12), ss. 65(2), 116(2); S.S.I. 2025/393, reg. 2(1)(b) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/99A",
    "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."
}