[141C Defence to offence under section 141A where remote sale or letting on hire: Scotland]
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (1988 c 33) | Legislation

[141C  Defence to offence under section 141A where remote sale or letting on hire: Scotland]

[(1)     This section applies if—

(a)     a person (“the accused”) is charged with an offence under section 141A (sale or letting on hire of bladed articles to persons under 18), and

(b)     the accused was not in the presence of the person (“the recipient”) to whom the article to which the charge relates was sold or let on hire at the time of the sale or letting on hire.

(2)     For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) the accused was not in the presence of the recipient at the time of the sale or letting on hire if—

(a)     where the accused is an individual, the accused or a person acting on the accused's

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