[72C Procedure where preliminary hearing does not proceed]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[72C  Procedure where preliminary hearing does not proceed]

[(1)     The prosecutor shall not raise a fresh libel in any case in which the court has deserted a preliminary hearing simpliciter unless the court's decision has been reversed on appeal.

(2)     Where a preliminary hearing is deserted pro loco et tempore, the court may appoint a further preliminary hearing for a later date and the accused shall appear and answer the indictment at that hearing.

(3)     Subsection (4) below applies where, at a preliminary hearing—

(a)     the hearing has been deserted pro loco et tempore for any reason and no

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