{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-genital-mutilation-scotland-act-2005/section-5K",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-genital-mutilation-scotland-act-2005/section-5K.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2005/8",
  "legislation_title": "Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-genital-mutilation-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/5K",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5K",
  "heading": "References by criminal court to the Lord Advocate",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where—\n(a) criminal proceedings are before the court, and\n(b) the court considers that a female genital mutilation protection order should be made.\n(2) The court may refer the matter to the Lord Advocate.\n(3) Where a matter is referred to the Lord Advocate under subsection (2), the Lord Advocate may—\n(a) apply under section 5C for a female genital mutilation protection order,\n(b) take such other steps as the Lord Advocate considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 5A-5R inserted (25.4.2020 but only for the insertion of s. 5R(4)(b)(ii) for the purposes of making regulations and otherwise prosp.) by Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 9), ss. 1, 11(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/8/section/5K",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:25.831990+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."
}