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Article 68 Jurisdiction of sheriffI1

Scotland

(1)

A sheriff may grant a production order, search warrant, customer information order or account monitoring order under this Part in relation to property situated in any area of Scotland notwithstanding that it is outside the area of that sheriff.

(2)

Any such order or warrant may, without being backed or endorsed by another sheriff, be executed throughout Scotland in the same way as it is executed within the sheriffdom of the sheriff who granted it.

(3)

This article is without prejudice to any existing rule of law.

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Commencement

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Art. 68 in force at 11.11.2013, see art. 1(1)