Article 6 Production ordersI1
Scotland
The sheriff may, on an application made to the sheriff by the procurator fiscal, make a production order if the sheriff is satisfied that each of the requirements for the making of the order is fulfilled.
The application for a production order must state that—
article 3(2) is satisfied;
the order is sought for the purposes of the external investigation;
the order is sought in relation to material, or material of a description, specified in the application;
a person specified in the application appears to be in possession or control of the material.
A production order is an order either—
requiring the person the application for the order specifies as appearing to be in possession or control of the material to produce it to a constable for the constable to take away; or
requiring that person to give a constable access to the material,
within the period stated in the order.
The period stated in a production order must be a period of seven days beginning with the day on which the order is made, unless it appears to the sheriff that a longer or shorter period would be appropriate in the particular circumstances.