[72F Engagement, dismissal and withdrawal of solicitor representing accused]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[72F  Engagement, dismissal and withdrawal of solicitor representing accused]

[(1)     In any [solemn proceedings], it is the duty of a solicitor who is engaged by the accused for the purposes of his defence at any part of the proceedings to notify the court and the prosecutor of that fact forthwith in writing.

(2)     A solicitor is to be taken to have complied with the duty under subsection (1) to notify the prosecutor of his engagement if, before service of the indictment, he—

(a)     notified in writing the procurator fiscal for the district in which the charge against the accused was then being investigated that he was then engaged by the accused for the purposes of his defence; and

(b)     had not notified that procurator fiscal in writing that he had been dismissed by the accused or had withdrawn from acting.

(3)     Where any such solicitor as is referred

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