27 Breach of bail conditions: offences
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

27  Breach of bail conditions: offences

(1)     Subject to subsection (7) below, an accused who having been granted bail fails without reasonable excuse—

(a)     to appear at the time and place appointed for any diet of which he has been given due notice [or at which he is required by this Act to appear]; or

(b)     to comply with any other condition imposed on bail,

shall, subject to subsection (3) below, be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to the penalties specified in subsection (2) below.

(2)     The penalties mentioned in subsection (1) above are—

(a)     a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; and

(b)     imprisonment for a period—

(i)     where conviction is in the [JP court], not exceeding 60 days; or

(ii)     in any other case, not exceeding [12] months.

(3)     Where, and to the extent that, the failure referred to in subsection (1)(b) above consists in the accused having committed an offence while on bail (in this section referred to as “the subsequent offence”), he shall not be guilty of an offence under that subsection but, subject to subsection (4) below, the court which sentences him for the subsequent offence shall,

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