Article 8 Entry in the register—decision of High Court

The clerk of a magistrates' court before which an acquittal has taken place shall, on receipt from the Crown Office of the High Court of notice of an order made under section 54(3) of the Act quashing the acquittal, or of a decision not to make such an order, enter in the register of the court, in relation to the acquittal, a note of the fact that the acquittal has been quashed by the said order, or that a decision has been made not to make such an order, as the case may be.

The clerk of a magistrates' court which has made a certification under section 54(2) of the Act shall, on receipt from the Crown Office of the High Court of notice of an order made under section 54(3) of the Act quashing the acquittal referred to in the certification, or of a decision not to make such an order, enter in the register of the court, in relation to the conviction which occasioned the certification, a note that the acquittal has been quashed by the said order, or that a decision has been made not to make such an order, as the case may be.

The entries in the register referred to, respectively, in paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall be signed by the clerk of the magistrates' court in question.