The Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 81) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated the law regarding the circuits of the High Court of Justiciary and amended criminal procedure in Scotland.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 4 of the act repealed 7 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act. CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal6 Ann. c. 40Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707The Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act, 1707.Section four.20 Geo. 2. c. 43Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746The Heritable Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act, 1746.Section thirty-one, in section thirty-three from the words " or of such other circuit " to the words " hereinafter mentioned " and from the words " and that the burgh of Inveraray " to the end of the section. Section thirty-nine. Section forty, from the beginning to the words " hereinbefore made."21 Geo. 2. c. 19Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act, 1747.Section thirteen.9 Geo. 4. c. 29Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1828The Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act, 1828.Sections one, three, and four11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 37Criminal Law (Scotland) Act 1830The Criminal Law (Scotland) Act, 1830.Section three.39 & 40 Vict. c. cliiN/A(Local Act). An Act to alter the Justiciary District of the County of Peebles.Section one.50 & 51 Vict. c. 35Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1887The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1887.In section forty-six from the beginning of the section down to the words " shall be a sitting of the High Court of Justiciary and ". In section fifty the words " presented within three days immediately succeeding the first diet." Section fifty-four. Schedule P.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 461(2) of, and part I of schedule 10 to, the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, which came into force on 16 May 1975.
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