[205A Imprisonment for life on further conviction for certain offences]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[205A  Imprisonment for life on further conviction for certain offences]

[(1)     This section applies where a person—

(a)     is convicted on indictment in the High Court of a qualifying offence committed after the relevant date; and

(b)     at the time when the offence mentioned in paragraph (a) above was committed, he had attained the age of at least 18 years and had a conviction for a qualifying offence which was obtained on indictment in the High Court or for any relevant

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