[156B Breach of bail under section 156A(1)(b)]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[156B  Breach of bail under section 156A(1)(b)]

[(1)     A witness who, having been released on bail by virtue of an order under subsection (1)(b) of section 156A of this Act, fails without reasonable excuse—

(a)     to appear at any diet to which he has been cited; or

(b)     to comply with any condition imposed under subsection (6) of that section,

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

(2)     Those penalties are—

(a)     a fine not exceeding level 3

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