196 Sentence following guilty plea
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

196  Sentence following guilty plea

[(1)]     In determining what sentence to pass on, or what other disposal or order to make in relation to, an offender who has pled guilty to an offence, a court [shall] take into account—

(a)     the stage in the proceedings for the offence at which the offender indicated his intention to plead guilty, and

(b)     the circumstances in which that indication was given.

[(1A)     In passing sentence on an offender referred to in subsection (1) above, the court shall—

(a)     state whether, having

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