[150A Proceedings in absence of accused]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[150A  Proceedings in absence of accused]

[(1)     Where the accused does not appear at a diet (apart from a diet fixed for the first calling of the case), the court—

(a)     on the motion of the prosecutor or, in relation to sentencing, of its own accord; and

(b)     if satisfied as to the matters specified in subsection (2) below,

may proceed to hear and dispose of the case in the absence of the accused in like manner as if the accused were present.

(2)     The matters referred in subsection (1)(b) above are—

(a)     that citation of the accused has been effected or the accused has received other intimation of the diet; and

(b)     that it is in the interests of justice to proceed as mentioned in subsection (1) above.

(3)

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