257 Duty to seek agreement of evidence
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

257  Duty to seek agreement of evidence

(1)     Subject to subsection (2) below, the prosecutor and the accused (or each of the accused if more than one) shall each identify any facts which are facts—

(a)     which he would, apart from this section, be seeking to prove;

(b)     which he considers unlikely to be disputed by the other party (or by any of the other parties); and

(c)     in proof of which he does not wish to lead oral evidence,

and shall, without prejudice to section 258 of this Act,

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