# The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2017, Paragraph 4: Deserters and absentees without leave surrendering to constable


Where a person surrenders to a constable as being a person subject to service law who has deserted or is absent without leave, section 3 of the 2016 Act (information to be given on arrest) applies with the following modifications—
(a) for “When a constable arrests a person” substitute “When a person surrenders to a constable as being a person subject to service law who has deserted or is absent without leave”;
(b) for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—
“(a) that the person has surrendered as being a person subject to service law who has deserted or (as the case may be) who is absent without leave, and”;
(c) in paragraph (d) omit “other than to give the information specified in section 34(4),”;
(d) omit paragraph (e).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111159866/schedule/4/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016-consequential-provisions-order-2017/schedule-4/paragraph-4
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