[79 Preliminary pleas and preliminary issues]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[79  Preliminary pleas and preliminary issues]

[(1)     Except by leave of the court on cause shown, no preliminary plea or preliminary issue shall be made, raised or submitted in any proceedings on indictment by any party unless his intention to do so has been stated in a notice under section 71(2) or, as the case may be, 72(3) or (6)(b)(i) of this Act.

[(1A)     Subsection (1) is subject to section 271Q(8).]

(2)     For the purposes of this section and those sections—

(a)     the following are preliminary pleas, namely—

(i)     a matter relating to the competency or relevancy of the indictment;

(ii)     an objection to the validity of the citation against a party, on the ground of any discrepancy between

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