[149B Notice of defences]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[149B  Notice of defences]

[(1)     It is not competent for an accused in a summary prosecution to found on a defence to which this subsection applies unless—

(a)     notice of the defence has been given to the prosecutor in accordance with subsection (5) below; or

(b)     the court, on cause shown, allows the accused to found on the defence despite the failure so to give notice of it.

(2)     Subsection (1) above applies—

(a)     to a special defence;

(b)     to a defence which may be made out by leading evidence calculated to exculpate the accused by incriminating a co-accused;

(c)

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