23 Bail applications
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

Part III Bail

23  Bail applications

(1)     Any person accused on petition of a crime . . . shall be entitled immediately, on any [(other than the first)] occasion on which he is brought before the sheriff prior to his committal until liberated in due course of law, to apply to the sheriff for bail, and the prosecutor shall be entitled to be heard against any such application.

(2)     The sheriff shall be entitled in his discretion to refuse such application before the person accused is committed until liberated in due course of

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