56 Examination of facts: supplementary provisions
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

56  Examination of facts: supplementary provisions

(1)     An examination of facts ordered under section 54(1)(b) of this Act may, where the order is made at the trial diet [or, in proceedings on indictment, at the first diet (in the case of proceedings in the sheriff court) or the preliminary hearing (in the case of proceedings in the High Court)], be held immediately following the making of the order and, where it is so held, the citation of the accused and any witness to the trial diet[, first diet or, as the case may be, preliminary hearing] shall be a valid

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