[Part 2 Offences under the Law of Scotland]
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (1994 c 33) | Legislation

[Part 2 Offences under the Law of Scotland]

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Any of the following offences at common law—

(a)     culpable homicide;

(b)     treason;

(c)     rape;

(d)     assault, where the assault results in serious injury or endangers life;

(e)     assault with intent to rape or ravish;

(f)     indecent assault;

(g)     abduction with intent to rape;

(h)     public indecency;

(i)     clandestine injury to women;

(j)     lewd, indecent or libidinous behaviour or practices;

(k)     sodomy, other than an offence committed by a person where the other person involved in the conduct constituting the offence consented to it and was aged 16 or over;

(l)     abduction;

(m)     mobbing;

(n)     fire-raising;

(o)     robbery;

(p)     fraud;

(q)     extortion;

(r)     embezzlement;

(s)     theft;

(t)     threats;

(u)     attempting to pervert the course of justice.

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An offence under any of the following provisions of the Firearms Act 1968—

(a)     section 1(1) (possession etc of firearms or ammunition without certificate);

(b)     section 2(1) (possession etc of shot gun without certificate);

(c)

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